scullion

noun /ˈskʌl.i.ən/

1. A servant from the lower classes.

   They all looked directly at the ſcullion,—the ſcullion had juſt been ſcouring a fiſh-kettle.

Where it comes from

Either from Middle French escouillon (“a swab, cloth”), diminutive of escouve (“broom, twig”) from Latin scopa, or an alteration of Old French souillon (“scullion”) by influence of scullery.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry scullion (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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