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Word Meanings - TRENCHER-MAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer. Shak. 2. A cook. The skillfulest trencher-men of Media. Sir P. Sidney. 3. A table companion; a trencher mate. Thackeray.

Related words: (words related to TRENCHER-MAN)

  • TABLER
    1. One who boards. 2. One who boards others for hire. B. Jonson.
  • TABLEAU VIVANT
    See 2
  • COMPANIONLESS
    Without a companion.
  • TABLEMAN
    A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10. Bacon.
  • GREAT-HEARTED
    1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
  • GREAT-GRANDFATHER
    The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
  • TRENCHER
    1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches. 2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use. 3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food. It could be no ordinary declension of nature that could bring some men, after
  • MEDIATRESS; MEDIATRIX
    A female mediator.
  • MEDIALUNA
    See HALF-MOON
  • GREAT-GRANDSON
    A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
  • MEDIA
    pl. of Medium.
  • GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
    The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
  • MEDIAN
    Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts. Median line. Any line in the mesial plane; specif., either of the lines in which
  • MEDIAEVALIST
    One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages.
  • MEDIAEVALS
    The people who lived in the Middle Ages. Ruskin.
  • GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
    The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
  • TABLESPOON
    A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.
  • COMPANIONABLE
    Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." Mallett. "Companionable wit." Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv.
  • COMPANION
    companio , fr. L. com- + panis 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate;
  • MEDIATIZATION
    The act of mediatizing.
  • IMPALATABLE
    Unpalatable.
  • MOUNTABLE
    Such as can be mounted.
  • REMEDIABLE
    Capable of being remedied or cured. -- Re*me"di*a*ble*ness, n. -Re*me"di*a*bly, adv.
  • MISINTERPRETABLE
    Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.
  • UNWARRANTABLE
    Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv.
  • POSTABLE
    Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu.
  • IMPREVENTABLE
    Not preventable; invitable.
  • ACCEPTABLE
    Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
  • SUPPORTABLE
    Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
  • INTESTABLE
    Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
  • SUPERMEDIAL
    Above the middle.
  • MARKETABLENESS
    Quality of being marketable.
  • COUNTABLE
    Capable of being numbered.
  • CONTRADICTABLE
    Capable of being contradicting.
  • INEXPECTABLE
    Not to be expected or anticipated. Bp. Hall.
  • INGREAT
    To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby.
  • IMPERSCRUTABLE
    Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. -- Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness, n.
  • DISCREDITABLE
    Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.

 

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