Scullion

Scullion​

(SKUL-leon)

Noun:

-A scullery servant; washer of dishes.

-A servant employed to do rough household work in a kitchen.

Adjective:

-Menial; wretched.

From Middle English sculioun, from Old French escouillon cleaning cloth, from escouve a broom, from Latin scōpa a broom.

Used in a sentence:

“The scullion was lambasted relentlessly once his underhanded skullduggery was discovered.”

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