échansonne

a female cupbearer (officer who is responsible for serving drinks to a king or noble); a female drink server (someone whose job is to serve drinks)

Feminine of échanson, from Middle French échanson, from Old French eschanson (“officer in charge of serving drinks to the table of a king or a prince, cupbearer”), a borrowing from Frankish *skankijō (“cupbearer”), from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną (“to pour in; serve drinks”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp; be crooked; slant”).