trencherman

American  

[tren-cher-muhn] / ˈtrɛn tʃər mən /

noun

• trenchermen
  plural

1. a person who has a hearty appetite; a heavy eater.

2. Archaic. a hanger-on; parasite.

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trencherman British  

/ ˈtrɛntʃəmən /

noun

1. a person who enjoys food; hearty eater

2. archaic a person who sponges on others; parasite

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• trenchermen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of trencherman

First recorded in 1580–90; trencher + -man

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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He sits with his back to the wall, eats like a trencherman and gets acquainted with the waitress.

From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2019

If the only thing that attracted you to your wife was her trencherman appetite, then you two need to consider the basis of this marriage.

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2015

Among Mr. Sokolov’s achievements as a food writer has been his ability to yoke his inner scholar to his inner trencherman.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2013

I liked the sound of David J Rodger's The Black Lake, recommended by JadedDrVirgo, trencherman, DoctorTOC and Matthias Plunkett - its opening didn't immediately enrage me, and it's been recommended by SFX.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2012

They stared on the next occasion of meeting, when Bloundell spoke in contemptuous terms of old Pen, said every body knew old Pen, regular old trencherman at Gaunt House, notorious old bore, regular old fogy.

From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray

Pong and Tiller eat like trenchermen; they pack away feast after feast as if they were A.J.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2021

Cage and Durand chew the scenery like trenchermen; and Janssen and Imperioli are far more charismatic than their roles require.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2019

Why am I so keen on your performance as good, honest British trenchermen and women over the past few days?

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2012

A greeter, Oscar in his white chef's cap stood figuratively astride the gourmet banquet table like some culinary colossus, a familiar and beloved figure to trenchermen of his day.

From Time Magazine Archive

Captain John and his kindred did not need to be invited twice to partake of our meal, at which they proved themselves excellent trenchermen.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer