Middle English Dictionary Entry
squiler(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | squiler(e n. Also squiller, -oure, (in surnames) squieler, squeler, scuieler & (?error) scowllere. |
| Etymology | AF escuieler, esquieler, esqueler, scuiler, sculier officer in charge of the scullery, scullion; cp. CF escüelier, esqüelier maker or seller of dishes & ME squilerīe , squillerī(e, vars. of sculerīe n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. swilere n.
1.
(a) A servant in the scullery, dishwasher; also, an officer in charge of the scullery in a noble household; sergeaunt ~, the officer in charge of the scullery in a king's household; (b) prive ~, a person who cleans privies; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)45.316/323 : Þat ilke pore man..in vre Cuchene is squilere.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5911 : Þe squyler of þe kechyn.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)471 : Sqwyllare, dysche wescheare: Lixa.
- (1469) Ordin.Househ.Clarence in PSAL (1790)93 : That every accountable officer..the lardener, the squiller, the ussher of the halle..attende everye Mondaye to the takinge of the remanentes in theire offices.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)81 : Office of Confectionarye hathe in hym a sergeaunt to serve the Kinge..He rescevethe..all the plates of peautyr by the pourveyaunce of the sergeaunt-squylloure.
b
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)99b : A Pryvey scowrrer or scowllere [?read: scwllere]: Cloacarius.
c
- (1219) CRR(2) 883 : Robertus le Scuieler.
- (1219-21) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames330 : Le Squieler.
- (1237) Close R.Hen.III506 : Robertus le Squeler.
- (1268) Close R.Hen.III486 : Galfridus le Squeler.
- (1314) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms125 : Joh. le Squyler.
- (1325) Feet Fines Kent in Archaeol.Cant.15293 : John Squeler.
- (1347) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.1.62 : William le Squiller.
- (1385) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms125 : Rob. Squyler.
- (1467) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms125 : Ric. Sqwiller.