pottager

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noun

An assistant cook who made soups or stews.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounpottager (plural pottagers)

plural pottagers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of potager (“porringer; kind of cup or dish”).
  2. obsoleteAn assistant cook who made soups or stews.

    […] they [professional cooks] had as many as 25 helpers, such as saucerers, larders, roasters, pottagers, bakers, spicers, and fruiterers, not to mention spit turners and scullions.

    2011, Ruth A. Johnston, All Things Medieval: An Encyclopedia of the Medieval World
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