underbutler
- noun
- /ˈʌndərˌbʌtlər/
- Archaic
:
submayordomo
- The family's underbutler ensured that all the guests were properly attended to during the party.
Examples
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Bulmuk drew his sword and moodily hacked an underbutler to pieces.
Fiction book (1993) -
Deadstock didn't see me, the underbutler at the time.
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The underbutler managed the staff while the head butler was away on vacation.
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As an underbutler, he prepared the dining room for the evening's formal event.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who works in someone's home doing jobs like cooking and cleaning
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5.8
A person who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
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7.4
A man who works in someone's house doing jobs like cleaning and helping with meals
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2.3
A person who works in a home doing cleaning, cooking and other daily tasks
A man who works in a home to serve and help people
A servant who attends an important person, often in the past
Antonyms
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Underbutler joins under-, meaning 'below', and butler, a senior house servant, so it literally names a servant who is below the main butler. So an underbutler is the helper who works under the head butler and often manages the junior staff.