butler

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/(UK)
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/ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/(UK) · /ˈbʌt.lɚ/(US)

Definition of butler

35 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
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noun

  1. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
  2. The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.
    ““One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …"”
  3. A valet, a male personal attendant.

verb

  1. To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
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  3. (countable, uncountable)A male given name.
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Etymology

From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler.

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