noun. A person, as in a monastic community, who is responsible for maintaining the supply of food and drink.

noun. An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions; also, an officer in a chapter who has the care of the temporals, and particularly of the distribution of bread, wine, and money to canons on account of their attendance in the choir.

noun. Same as cellarman.

noun. One who keeps wine- or spirit-cellars; a spirit-dealer or winemerchant. Also cellarist.

noun. A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

noun. The person, usually in a monastery, responsible for providing food and drink.

"The cellarer was a stout man, vulgar in appearance but jolly, white-haired but still strong, small but quick."

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