How to pronounce scullion
American English pronunciation
SKUL-yun
- IPA
- /ˈskʌljən/
- Syllables
- SKUL · yun (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What scullion means
A servant of long ago who did the lowliest kitchen jobs
In a sentence: The scullion scrubbed the castle's greasy pots until his arms ached.
Where it comes from: No one is sure where it came from. It may come from an old French word for a cleaning cloth, or from a French word for a kitchen servant, reshaped to sound like scullery.
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