Meaning

3 senses
  1. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.

    дворе́цкийdvoréckij

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

  2. 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.

    Butler

    дворе́цкийdvoréckij, мажордо́мmažordóm, камерди́нерkamerdíner

    дворе́цькийdvorécʹkyj, камерди́нерkamerdýner, мажордо́мmažordóm

  3. A valet, a male personal attendant.

Examples

47 sentences
  1. Tom has a butler and a cook.

    Том має слугу і кухаря.

    deTom hat einen Hausdiener und einen Koch.

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  2. Tom would be a good butler.

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  3. I used to be a butler.

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  4. I'm not your personal butler, Tom.

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  5. I wish I had a butler like Tom.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
chief male servant:
Русский
By meaning 2
manservant having charge of wines and liquors:
chief male servant:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
chief male servant:

Origin

From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller

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.

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Forms

plural: butlers
Singularbutler
Pluralbutlers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • English poet (1612-1680):Samuel Butler
  • English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902):Samuel Butler

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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