magirist
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μάγειρος (mágeiros, “a cook”) + -ist (“forming agent nouns”).
Noun
magirist (plural magirists)
- (obsolete, rare) Synonym of chef: A skilful or learned cook.
- 1716, Myles Davies, “Diss. Physick”, in Athenae Britannicae, volume III, page 12:
- ...Magists, Magirists... Geoponists, Hygiests, Prophylactists, Remedists.
- 1814, School of Good Living, page 53:
- To their Magirists was given an appointment of culinary artists.
Derived terms
References
- “magirist, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2000.
