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Definition of Butlerage
1. n. A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.
Definition of Butlerage
1. Noun. (legal archaic) A duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every tun of wine imported into England by foreign merchants. ¹
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