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obsonator

obsonator noun: a caterer, a manciple.

Noun

obsonator (plural obsonators)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A caterer, a manciple.
    • 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.”1840, John James Smith, editor, The Cambridge Portfolio, volume 1, page 275
    • 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.1897, Douglas Macleane, A History of Pembroke College, Oxford, Anciently Broadgates Hall, page 500

Forms of obsonator

pluralobsonators

Origin of obsonator

From Latin.

Questions about obsonator

What does obsonator mean?
Obsonator means a caterer, a manciple.
What part of speech is obsonator?
Obsonator is a noun.
What is the plural of obsonator?
The plural of obsonator is obsonators.

Words near obsonator in the dictionary

  1. obsoletions
  2. obsoletism
  3. obsoletisms
  4. obsoletor
  5. obsoletors
  6. obsonator
  7. obsonators
  8. obsr.
  9. obsrs.
  10. Obst
  11. obstacle

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