blancmanger

See also: blanc-manger

English

Noun

blancmanger (plural blancmangers)

1. (historical) A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc.; blancmange.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• blomanger, blankmanger

Etymology

From Old French blanc manger.

Noun

blancmanger (plural blancmangers)

1. 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

• English: blancmange

References

• “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.