butler
To buttle, to dispense wines or liquorsTo buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
» Tom has a butler and a cook.
Tom hat einen Hausdiener und einen Koch. — wolfgangth
Том має слугу і кухаря. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
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1 sensesTo buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
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.
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
butlers, butlering, butlered, butleredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.