blancmanger
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See also: blanc-manger
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
blancmanger (plural blancmangers)
- (historical) A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc.; blancmange.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French blanc manger.
Noun[edit]
blancmanger (plural blancmangers)
- A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc.; blancmange.
- 1387, Chaucer, “v. 387”, in General Prologue[1]:
- For blankmanger that made he with the beste. A Schipman was ther, wonyng fer by weste
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants[edit]
- English: blancmange
References[edit]
- “blank-manǧer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “blancmanger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.