Meanings
plural pottagers
- alternativeAlternative form of potager (“porringer; kind of cup or dish”).
- 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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