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Trencher-man

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Trench´er-man
n.1.A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer.
2.A cook.
The skillfulest trencher-men of Media.
- Sir P. Sidney.
3.A table companion; a trencher mate.
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``Holy Clerk,'' said the stranger, after the first cup was thus swallowed, ``I cannot but marvel that a man possessed of such thews and sinews as thine, and who therewithal shows the talent of so goodly a trencher-man, should think of abiding by himself in this wilderness.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Wagg, the celebrated wit, and a led captain and trencher-man of my Lord Steyne, was caused by the ladies to charge her; and the worthy fellow, leering at his patronesses and giving them a wink, as much as to say, "Now look out for sport," one evening began an assault upon Becky, who was unsuspiciously eating her dinner.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
 
 
 
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