dapifer

The servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal.

Noun

  1. The servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal.
  2. The official title of the steward in a medieval English nobleman's household.
  3. The most senior of the five great officers of state in the medieval French royal court.

Origin

From Medieval Latin dapifer, from Latin daps (“feast”) + -fer (“bearer”).

Forms

dapifers