Found 2 items, similar to Butler.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: butler
butler
n : a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who
has charge of wines and the table [syn:
pantryman]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Butler
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.
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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.
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