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table-decker

table-decker noun: a servant in an aristocratic household who specifies where various dishes and decorations are to be placed at table.

Noun

table-decker (plural table-deckers)

  1. (historical) A servant in an aristocratic household who specifies where various dishes and decorations are to be placed at table.
    • 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.1787, The New Lady's Magazine
    • 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.1804, The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland

Forms of table-decker

pluraltable-deckers

Questions about table-decker

What does table-decker mean?
Table-decker means a servant in an aristocratic household who specifies where various dishes and decorations are to be placed at table.
What part of speech is table-decker?
Table-decker is a noun.
What is the plural of table-decker?
The plural of table-decker is table-deckers.

Words near table-decker in the dictionary

  1. table waters
  2. table wine
  3. table wines
  4. table-cloth
  5. table-cloths
  6. table-decker
  7. table-deckers
  8. table-diamond
  9. table-diamonds
  10. table-ender
  11. table-enders

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