panterer Now only Hist.
(ˈpæntərə(r))
Also 5–6 -trer.
[Expanded form of panter1, as if from pantry + -er: cf. adulterer, upholsterer, etc.]
= panter1.
| 14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 684/20 Hic panterius, a pantrer. c 1420 Chron. Vilod. 506 His Panterere to[k] a lofe þo ywys. 1552 Huloet, Pantrer, Panarius. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 427 They meet in the Refectory..where..the Panterer sets bread before them. 1859 Parker Dom. Archit. III. iii. 80 The Cloth being laid, the panterer brought forth the bread. 1883 Times (weekly ed.) 6 Apr. 9 Dukes and earls and knights acted as stewards and butlers and panterers, and..haggled for their perquisites of scarlet cloth and wine and candles..like commoner people. |