manciple

man·ci·ple

M m

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [man-suh-puh l]
- /ˈmæn sə pəl/
- /ˈmæn.sɪpl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [man-suh-puh l]
- /ˈmæn sə pəl/

Definitions of manciple word

noun manciple an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions. 1
noun manciple An officer who buys provisions for a college, monastery, or other institution. 1
noun manciple a steward who buys provisions, esp in a college, Inn of Court, or monastery 0
noun manciple a steward or buyer of provisions, as for an English college, a monastery, etc. 0
noun manciple A person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law. 0

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Origin of manciple

First appearance:

before 1150

One of the 7% oldest English words

1150-1200 in sense “slave”; Middle English < Middle French manciple, variant of mancipe < Medieval Latin mancipium, Latin: a possession, slave, orig., ownership, equivalent to mancip-, stem of manceps contractor, agent (man(us) hand + -cep-, combining form of capere to take (see concept) + -s nominative singular ending) + -ium -ium

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Parts of speech for Manciple

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Manciple

manciple popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

manciple usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for manciple

noun manciple

waiter — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
attendant — An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a petrol station, a car park, or a cloakroom.
administrator — An administrator is a person whose job involves helping to organize and supervise the way that an organization or institution functions.
curator — A curator is someone who is in charge of the objects or works of art in a museum or art gallery.
foreman — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.

All 20 Synonyms of manciple