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lardiners

lardiners is the plural of lardiner.

Meaning of lardiner

Noun

lardiner (plural lardiners)

  1. (historical) An officer originally charged with overseeing a larder, but who later became a sinecurist.
    • A little from hence is Sculton, otherwiſe called Burdos, or Burdelois, which was held by this tenure, that the Lord thereof on the Coronation daie of the Kings of England, ſhould bee chiefe Lardiner.1610, William Camden, “Northfolke”, in Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […], London: […]...

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Questions about lardiners

What is lardiners the plural of?
Lardiners is the plural of lardiner.

Words near lardiners in the dictionary

  1. lardier
  2. lardies
  3. lardiest
  4. Lardil
  5. lardiner
  6. lardiners
  7. lardiness
  8. larding
  9. larding down
  10. larding needle
  11. larding needles

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