butler
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈbʌtlər/
:
mayordomo
- Every evening, the butler ensures that the wine is perfectly chilled for the guests.
- the chief butler
- a drunken butler
Had back then in the glory days had a Butler?
- Had back then in the glory days had a Butler?
- Going to the castle, having a Butler wait on you, dressing, thinking more of yourself.
- So he brings us upstairs, the Butler to like the third floor and it's one huge living room.
- And unless you are comfortable with being the professional equivalent of your narcissistic boss's Butler for the rest of your career, don't fall for it.
- Well, as I as I say, he, he was living in this vast estate at the time with his Butler.
Examples
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The butler served dinner with great attention to detail and elegance.
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Just then, a bald-headed butler, who looks a little like Gavin McCloud, opens the door.
Fiction book (1994) -
Going to the castle, having a Butler wait on you, dressing, thinking more of yourself.
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And it's the butler's day off.
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My butler, Norris, would know.
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Christian was greeted by the butler, who led him to a living room furnished for a conference.
Fiction book (1990) -
The lady of the house then ordered her butler to take the beggar below and bathe him.
Fiction book (1995) -
They arrived with red carpet, a personal Butler each, a string quartet to welcome them.
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Standing beside the front door is Lurch, the gigantic family butler, a reanimated stitched-together behemoth.
Fiction book (1991) -
On a silver tray and with a sullen butler's air, Dwaine delivers the juice to Archibald's bedside.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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7.4
A man who works in someone's house doing jobs like cleaning and helping with meals
A person who manages the staff and daily running of a large house
A man who works in a home to serve and help people
Compounds
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word butler comes from a word for the person who cared for the household bottles, literally a 'bottle bearer'. That's why a butler became the senior servant who manages the wine, serves meals, and runs the dining room.