pantryman

[ pan-tree-muhn ]

noun

, plural pan·try·men.

1. a person who works in or has charge of a pantry, as aboard ship or in a hospital.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pantryman¹

First recorded in 1555–65; pantry + -man

Example Sentences

A pantryman is a feller which no one could depend upon, otherwise he wouldn't be a pantryman, Louis; but a waiter, that's something else again.

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He was uneasy in his borrowed clothes—he had surrendered his own garments to a pantryman who had volunteered to dry them.

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The first trip up the Cumberland River the boat was full of passengers, and I had a fight with the pantryman.

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Fred Starratt rose in rapid succession to the position of pantryman, head waiter to the attendants, assistant bookkeeper in the office.

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The pantryman is waiting, so come and use your jaws.

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