noun
scullion
SKUL-yun/skˈʌljʌn/
A low-ranking kitchen servant who does menial work.
The scullion scrubs greasy pots while the cook prepares dinner.
Etymology
One proposed origin connects the servant’s name with a word for a broom, suggesting menial cleaning work. Another derives it from French souillon, meaning a scullion, altered under the influence of scullery.
In context
he is a Scullion, one of the boys of the kitchen, perhaps 12 years old, though he may not know his own age exactly. He scour the pots
More examples
- After the banquet, the scullions carried buckets of dirty water outside.
- She started as a scullion before becoming the household's cook.
- The cook sends the scullion to peel a basket of potatoes.
Forms
scullion · scullions