Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scullion \Scul"lion\ (sk[u^]l"y[u^]n), n. (Bot.)
A scallion.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scullion \Scul"lion\, n. [OF. escouillon (Cot.) a dishclout,
apparently for escouvillon, F. ['e]couvillon a swab; cf. also
OF. souillon a servant employed for base offices. Cf.
Scovel.]
A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial
services in the kitchen.
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The meanest scullion that followed his camp. --South.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scullion
n 1: a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially
washing)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "scullion":
dishwasher, dishwiper, domestic, domestic servant, drudge,
dry cleaner, help, launderer, laundress, laundryman, laundrywoman,
menial, pot-walloper, scullery maid, servant, servitor, slavey,
turnspit, washer, washerman, washerwife, washerwoman