pottager

English

Noun

pottager (plural pottagers)

  1. Alternative form of potager (“porringer; kind of cup or dish”)
  2. (obsolete) An assistant cook who made soups or stews.
    • 2011, Ruth A. Johnston, All Things Medieval: An Encyclopedia of the Medieval World:
      […] they [professional cooks] had as many as 25 helpers, such as saucerers, larders, roasters, pottagers, bakers, spicers, and fruiterers, not to mention spit turners and scullions.
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