| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sew·er |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s   r |
| NOUN: | A medieval servant who supervised the serving of meals. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Anglo-Norman asseour, from asseer, to seat guests, from Latin assid re, to sit down : ad-, ad- + sedre, to sit; see sed- in Appendix I.
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