Why this word is great
CUSTRON — [Noun] A kitchen servant or scullion, or, by extension, a worthless or base person. From Middle English *quistroun*, from Old French *coistron* or *quistron*, from Late Latin *cocistrōnem*, accusative of *cocistro* (a kitchen servant). Unlike "scullion," which neutrally denotes a menial kitchen hand, or "caitiff," which primarily signifies a despicable coward, a custron is a soul defined by the greasy specificity of his labor, his worthlessness inseparable from the soot and offal of his domain. He is the figure glimpsed through a steamy scullery window, forever scrubbing burnt crust from a pot; the bearer of scraps, his clothes smelling perpetually of old tallow and wet ash; the nameless butt of the cook's cruelty, his very identity a smear of gristle and failure. This is the word that stands in the shadow of the feast, absorbing its contempt.