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English

Pronunciation

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Noun

A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
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.

Derived terms

buttle

Translations

French: sommelier
Portuguese: mordomo

Spanish: mayordomo

Finnish: hovimestari
French: majordome
Portuguese: mordomo

Russian: дворецкий (dvor'éckij)
Spanish: mayordomo

Verb

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

Category:Occupations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Butler \But"ler\ (b[u^]t"l[~e]r), n. [OE. boteler, F.
bouteillier a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, fr. LL.
buticularius, fr. buticula bottle. See Bottle a hollow
vessel.]
An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose
principal business it is to take charge of the liquors,
plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.
[1913 Webster]

The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt. --Gen.
xl. 5.
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Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet butler
n : a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who
has charge of wines and the table [syn: pantryman]

Moby Dictionary
MC , attorney , bailiff , boy , chamberlain , chauffeur , coachman ,
croupier , curator , custodian , driver , emcee , equerry , factor ,
gardener , gentleman , gillie , guardian , house steward , houseboy ,
housekeeper , houseman , landreeve , librarian , lord-in-waiting ,
majordomo , man , manservant , master of ceremonies , proctor ,
procurator , seneschal , steward , valet , valet de chambre

Butler properly a servant in charge of the wine (Gen. 40:1-13; 41:9). The Hebrew word, _mashkeh_, thus translated is rendered also (plural) "cup-bearers" (1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chr. 9:4). Nehemiah (1:11) was cup-bearer to king Artaxerxes. It was a position of great responsibility and honour in royal households.

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