name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
lardiner
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːdɪnə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːdnə/
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General-American: /ˈlɑɹdənɚ/
noun
Meaning 2
An officer originally charged with overseeing a larder, but who later became a sinecurist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Etymology
From Middle English Lardiner, Lardener, an occupational surname from lardener (“servant employed to look after the larder”); compare Lardner.
Inherited from Middle English lardener, from Anglo-Norman lardiner, modification of larder (“larder”) after gardiner (“gardener”). Compare obsolete Scots laidner (“larder”).