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butler

but·ler

UK/ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/ US/ˈbʌt.lɚ/ fairly common

noun

1.

a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • Burnside-Butler syndrome
  • butler café
  • Butler County
  • Butler English
  • butler lie
  • Butler Mons
  • Butler River
  • butler steak
  • Lake Butler
  • Mount Butler
  • silent butler
  • what the butler saw

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