PANTER

PANTER. The name of Paniter, Panter, or Panther, is derived from the office of master-baker. " In the court of France the Panitierwas an officer of high consideration; and in monasteries the Paniter would seem to have been charged with the distribution of bread to the poor — no doubt in virtue of his office of chief baker." Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, voh 1. p. 14. ,

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.