manciple

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Enter the amateur, in this case Insurance Investigator Peter Manciple, who knows Devonshire like the back of his hand: he attended public school there, and was dubbed "Mathematics" Manciple by one professor.

From Time Magazine Archive

They all converge on Manciple, who alone seems to have the clues.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus the "Miller" and the "Reeve" are a noble pair running in parallel lines, though in contrary directions; so are the "Cook" and the "Manciple," and again and more especially the "Friar" and the "Summoner."

From Chaucer by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir

Manciple, man′si-pl, n. a steward: a purveyor, particularly of a college or an inn of court.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

The Manciple bowed himself from the dais and went down the middle of the hall, his keys rattling at his belt.

From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various