1. A cook's assistant or helper in a logging camp, ranch, or similar work setting.
Usage: informal; chiefly North American; historical or regional

Examples

• The bullcook prepared vegetables and cleaned the kitchen for the main cook.
• In the logging camp, the bullcook was responsible for keeping the cookhouse organized.
• He started as a bullcook before working his way up to head cook.
• The bullcook hauled water and firewood for the camp's kitchen.