pantryman

American  

[pan-tree-muhn] / ˈpæn tri mən /

noun

plural

pantrymen

1. a person who works in or has charge of a pantry, as aboard ship or in a hospital.

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Etymology

Origin of pantryman

First recorded in 1555–65; pantry + -man

Example Sentences

Chief pantryman Jean Gladianos was hauled out of the sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the customers complains that the fork got on it a piece Bismarck herring, that is from the pantryman a Schuld.

From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague

"Albert," he said huskily, "take from the tables the ashtrays and the forks and tell that pantryman he should wash 'em off right away in boiling water."

From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague

Louis," he said, "I want you you should go into the kitchen and tell that pantryman he should wash again the forks in hot water, and stay there till he is through.

From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague

The first trip up the Cumberland River the boat was full of passengers, and I had a fight with the pantryman.

From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by Devol, George H.