"obsonator" meaning in English

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          "text": "Thus also in Caius College the Obsonator and Dispensator were Scholars, and the Promus too: but this was altered in 1634 — “cum multa incommoda et non leve damnum Collegium sæpius sustinuit″ and it was determined to elect some “virum idoneum et non Scholarum.”",
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          "ref": "1897, Douglas Macleane, A History of Pembroke College, Oxford, Anciently Broadgates Hall, page 500:",
          "text": "1814. The offices of Obsonator, or Manciple, and Cook severed. Tuition fees to be increased, viz. Gentlemen Commoners to twenty-six guineas, Scholars and Commoners to thirteen guineas.",
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          "ref": "1952, Thomas B. Costain, The Silver Chalice, page 399:",
          "text": "He looked down at Demetrius, the Obsonator, who sat on a platform several feet below him. “Will you have them bring in the cask? I confess, Demetrius, that I am anxious about it. It is an experiment this time.”",
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