1. kitchen servants who do menial work such as washing dishes and cleaning
Usage: archaic; historical

Examples

• The castle’s scullions worked from dawn to dusk cleaning pots and scrubbing floors.
• In medieval times, scullions were the lowest-ranking workers in the kitchen hierarchy.
• The head cook barked orders at the scullions as they prepared for the feast.
• Young scullions hoped to eventually work their way up to become proper cooks.
• The scullions huddled together in the cold kitchen after the nobles had finished dining.
• Historical novels often depict scullions as overworked and underpaid servants.