Obsonator vs Caterer - What's the difference?
obsonator | caterer | Synonyms |
(obsolete, or, historical) A caterer, a manciple.
* 1840 , John James Smith (editor), The Cambridge Portfolio, Volume 1,
* 1897 , Douglas Macleane, A History of Pembroke College, Oxford, Anciently Broadgates Hall ,
* 1952 , ,
A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food.
* 1821 June 19, ”Peregrine,” The Traveller: Letter IV'', in ''The Kaleidoscope; Or, Literary and Scientific Mirror ,
* 1830 , , The King?s Own'', 1840, ''The Complete Works of Captain F. Marryatt , Volume I,
* 1838 , The Southern Literary Messenger , Volume IV,
A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.
* 1979 July 23, Andrew O. Shapiro, Of Canceled Parties and the Beleaguered Teenager'', '' ,
* 1994 , John N. Ingham, Lynne B. Feldman, Dutrieuille, Peter Albert (1838—1916) and Albert E. Dutrieuille (July 26, 1877—April 25, 1974)'', entry in ''African-American Business Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary ,
* 2008 , Zushe Yosef Blech, Kosher Food Production ,
Caterer is a synonym of obsonator.
As nouns the difference between obsonator and caterer
is that obsonator is a caterer, a manciple while caterer is a person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food.obsonator
English
Noun
(en noun)page 275,
- Thus also in Caius College the Obsonator and Dispensator were Scholars, and the Promus too: but this was altered in 1634 — “cum multa incommoda et non leve damnum Collegium sæpius sustinuit? and it was determined to elect some “virum idoneum et non Scholarum.”
page 500,
- 1814. The offices of Obsonator , or Manciple, and Cook severed. Tuition fees to be increased, viz. Gentlemen Commoners to twenty-six guineas, Scholars and Commoners to thirteen guineas.
page 399,
- He looked down at Demetrius, the Obsonator , who sat on a platform several feet below him. “Will you have them bring in the cask? I confess, Demetrius, that I am anxious about it. It is an experiment this time.”
caterer
English
(Catering)Noun
(en noun)page 401,
- It was in vain that I petitioned, appealing to our caterer , if proofs of appetite were wanting; for sick men seldom have occasion for that important person?s services.
page 335,
- “I say, Mr. Cribbage ,” cried an old master?s-mate, to the caterer , who had entered shortly after the tea-kettles, and assumed his place at the end of the table, “what sort of stuff do you call this?”
page 263,
- There is a caterer for the table, whose sleekness of face, rotundity of person, and general air of comfortable well-being, do great honor to the cheer he provides.
page 64,
- If so, you will probably sign a contract with a caterer months, maybe years, in advance and make a substantial down payment.
page 225,
- From a family of French West African descent, Albert Dutrieuille was the last of the great African-American caterers in Philadelphia.
page 176,
- Although many hotels work with outside Kosher caterers to provide Kosher services, some have developed their own in-house Kosher catering departments.