In medieval times, an officer or servant responsible for keeping wine and drink in a great household.
From French, combining 'garde' (keeper/guard, from Germanic roots) and 'vin' (wine, from Latin 'vinum'). This was a specific household office title in medieval European nobility.
The 'gardevin' was essentially the head of a medieval wine cellar—an important job when wine was sometimes safer to drink than water and the quality varied wildly depending on storage and age.
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