Where does pantler come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

pantler

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"A good shallow young fellow. ’A would have made a pantler; ’a would ha’ chipp’d bread well."
"Fie, daughter! when my old wife lived, upon This day she was both pantler, butler, cook, Both dame and servant; welcomed all, served all;"

From pantelere, a dissimilated variant of Middle English panterere, from panetrie; equivalent to pantry + -er.

pantlers (plural)

bread-bearer

bread-bearer

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