Scullion

//ˈskʌl.i.ən// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A servant from the lower classes.

    "They all looked directly at the ſcullion,—the ſcullion had juſt been ſcouring a fiſh-kettle."

  2. 2
    a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing) wordnet
  3. 3
    A low, base person. derogatory, obsolete

    "Away, you scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian!"

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of macaroni. alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

Synonyms

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blatherskitecarrioncrumbdishwasherdishwiperdoink

Example

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"The scullion cleaned the pots and pans."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Either from Middle French escouillon (“a swab, cloth”), diminutive of escouve (“broom, twig”) from Latin scopa, or an alteration of Old French souillon (“scullion”) by influence of scullery.

Etymology 2

Probably a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scoláidhín, a diminutive form of scolaidhe (“student”).

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