Table-decker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Table-decker is a noun meaning (historical) A servant in an aristocratic household who specifies where various dishes and decorations are to be placed at table.
Meaning
(historical) A servant in an aristocratic household who specifies where various dishes and decorations are to be placed at table.
Example Sentences
At this time the table-decker came up. He took a napkin out of his budget, wiped the Cup, and was going to give the king some water to drink.
George III from 1761 included a table-decker in his personal household ; another was allocated to the ten maids-of-honour and bedchamber women, and a third to his numerous chaplains.
In 1749, he complimented Mr. Garrick in an Ode on his marriage with Madam Violetti ; and about the same period he united himself in the same state with Miss Hamilton, daughter of Mr. Hamilton, table-decker to the princesses.
Word Forms
- table-deckers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dresser, sewer, tablescaper, plateman, croupier, dishowner.
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