scullion
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scul·lion
(skŭl′yən)n.
A servant employed to do menial tasks in a kitchen.
[Middle English sculyon, probably from Old French escouvillon, dishcloth, diminutive of escouve, broom, from Latin scōpa, branches, broom.]
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scullion
(ˈskʌljən)n
1. a mean or despicable person
2. archaic a servant employed to do rough household work in a kitchen
[C15: from Old French escouillon cleaning cloth, from escouve a broom, from Latin scōpa a broom]
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scul•lion
(ˈskʌl yən)n.
a kitchen servant.
[1475–85; perhaps < Middle French escouvillon dishcloth =escouve broom (< Latin scōpa) + -illon diminutive suffix]
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