butler
Meanings
Plural: butlers
Noun
- a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
- English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)
- English poet (1612-1680)
- 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.
- A valet, a male personal attendant.
Verb
- To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 8
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Words With Friends Score: 11
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