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PANETIER (masc.)(old-fash.)

Person whose duties include the keep and distribution of the bread in communities such as hospitals, boarding schools, etc...

Panetière, (fem.)(old-fash.)

A. 1. [in South-Eastern France] Small cupboard in latticework, generally hanged, used to keep bread.

2. [diverse regions] Chest or low cupboard used to keep bread.

3. basket or bag for the bread.

B. small bag in which the sheperds put their bread and food for the day when leading their animals to graze.

source: http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/tlfiv5/search.exe?29;s=802180275;cat=0;m=paneti%8Are;

"pannetier" (with a double "n") seems to be mainly a family name formed from the job of the panetier

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