subcook

noun

subcook

noun

Etymology From sub- + cook.

1

A subsidiary or assistant cook.

  • Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (all sometimes synonymous)
  • Spangler had seen that the senior cooks, the subcooks and the apprentice cooks were all large, powerful men.2016, Noel Behn, The Shadowboxer:

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