Scullion

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scullion \Scul"lion\ (sk[u^]l"y[u^]n), n. (Bot.)
     A scallion.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Scullion \Scul"lion\, n. [OF. escouillon (Cot.) a dishclout,
     apparently for escouvillon, F. ['e]couvillon a swab; cf. also
     OF. souillon a servant employed for base offices. Cf.
     {Scovel}.]
     A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial
     services in the kitchen.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The meanest scullion that followed his camp. --South.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scullion
       n : a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially
           washing)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "scullion":
     dishwasher, dishwiper, domestic, domestic servant, drudge,
     dry cleaner, help, launderer, laundress, laundryman, laundrywoman,
     menial, pot-walloper, scullery maid, servant, servitor, slavey,
     turnspit, washer, washerman, washerwife, washerwoman