Meaning & History
Derived from the historical term scutnic.
Scutelnic (also scutnic, from Romanian verb scuti, "to exempt, to absolve'') were peasant servants in Wallachia and Moldova who were exempt from state taxes.
Scutelnic (also scutnic, from Romanian verb scuti, "to exempt, to absolve'') were peasant servants in Wallachia and Moldova who were exempt from state taxes.