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English Dictionary: trencherman by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trencherman
n
  1. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
    Synonym(s): glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trencher-man \Trench"er-man\, n.; pl. {Trencher-men}.
      1. A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer. --Shak.
  
      2. A cook. [Obs.]
  
                     The skillfulest trencher-men of Media. --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
      3. A table companion; a trencher mate. --Thackeray.
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