Obsonator
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Obsonator is a noun meaning (obsolete or historical) A caterer, a manciple.
Meaning
(obsolete or historical) A caterer, a manciple.
Example Sentences
1814. The offices of Obsonator, or Manciple, and Cook severed. Tuition fees to be increased, viz. Gentlemen Commoners to twenty-six guineas, Scholars and Commoners to thirteen guineas.
He looked down at Demetrius, the Obsonator, who sat on a platform several feet below him. “Will you have them bring in the cask? I confess, Demetrius, that I am anxious about it. It is an experiment this time.”
Thus also in Caius College the Obsonator and Dispensator were Scholars, and the Promus too: but this was altered in 1634 — “cum multa incommoda et non leve damnum Collegium sæpius sustinuit″ and it was determined to elect some “virum idoneum et non Scholarum.”
Word Forms
- obsonators
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oobit, bassooner, cornutor, odd-jobman, ockerer, muttonmonger.
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