butler
A manservant having charge of wines and liquorsA manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
» Tom has a butler and a cook.
Tom hat einen Hausdiener und einen Koch.
Том має слугу і кухаря.
Meaning
3 sensesA 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
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
A valet, a male personal attendant.
Examples
47 sentencesTom has a butler and a cook.
Том має слугу і кухаря. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
deTom hat einen Hausdiener und einen Koch. — wolfgangth
Tom would be a good butler.
I used to be a butler.
I'm not your personal butler, Tom.
I wish I had a butler like Tom.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butillerFrom 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: butlersSynonyms
2 synonyms- English poet (1612-1680):Samuel Butler
- English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902):Samuel Butler