subcook

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sub- +‎ cook

Noun[edit]

subcook (plural subcooks)

  1. A lesser or subsidiary cook.
    • 2016, Noel Behn, The Shadowboxer:
      Spangler had seen that the senior cooks, the subcooks and the apprentice cooks were all large, powerful men.