manciple

n. 伙食管理员

发音

/ˈmænsɪpəl/

词形变化

manciples 复数 manciples

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law.

词源

From Middle English maunciple, from Old French manciple, from Medieval Latin mancipiolum (“lowly servant”), diminutive of Latin mancipium (“slave”).

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