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trencherman

trencherman is the alternative form of trencher-man.

Meaning of trencher-man

Noun

trencher-man (plural trencher-men)

  1. (obsolete) A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer.
    • Shakespeare's Falstaff is a famous trencher-man.
  2. (obsolete) A cook.
    • The skilfullest trencher-men of Media.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...
  3. (obsolete) A table companion; a tablemate.
    • Mr. Wagg, the celebrated wit, and a led captain and trencher-man of my Lord Steyne, was caused by the ladies to charge her; and the worthy fellow, leering at his patronesses, and giving them a wink, as much as to say, "Now look out for sport,"1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 51, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

Forms of trencherman

pluraltrenchermen

Words formed from trencherman

Questions about trencherman

What is trencherman the alternative form of?
Trencherman is the alternative form of trencher-man.

Words near trencherman in the dictionary

  1. trencherfuls
  2. trenchering
  3. trencherlike
  4. trenchermaker
  5. trenchermakers
  6. trencherman
  7. trenchermanship
  8. trenchermen
  9. trenchers
  10. trenchersful
  11. trencherwoman

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