panter

/ˈpæntə(ɹ)/

Etymology

An occupational surname, from Middle English panter (“manager of the pantry and food”).

name

A surname from Middle English.

noun

One who pants.“Swiftly the gentle Charmer flies, / And to the tender Grief soft Air applies, / Which, warbling Mystic sounds, / Cements the bleeding Panter's Wounds.”
A keeper of the pantry; a pantler.“as though all the bread be committed unto the panter”