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- noun The title of an official rank in the Roman-German empire, held by the Elector of the Palatinate; the seneschal.
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reesetee commented on the word archdapifer
An officer in the German empire whose office was, at the coronation of the emperor, to carry the first dish of meat to table on horseback. From arch, "chief," and L. dapifer, a food-bearer, from daps, "meat" or "a feast," and fero, "to carry."
December 19, 2007