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Definition of Butler
1. Noun. A manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table.
2. Noun. English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902).
3. Noun. English poet (1612-1680).
Definition of Butler
1. n. An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.
Definition of Butler
1. Proper noun. An English and Irish occupational surname for someone who was a butler or wine servant. ¹
2. Proper noun. An Anglicized form of the French surname ''Boutilier'', of similar derivation. ¹
3. Noun. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors. ¹
4. Noun. 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. ¹
5. Noun. A valet, a male personal attendant. ¹
6. Verb. To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Butler
1. a male servant [n -S] - See also: servant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Butler
Literary usage of Butler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1849)
"Hannah JV *DOLE butler m. EDNER DODGE, -m (1.5. II. 2. III. 6. IV. 1. ...
~\r., begin with the first, I. John butler ; the figure will show from which of To ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by William Brown, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Robert Belt (1820)
"In 1780, John Godfrey died, and in 1785, Bertie Thomas Egerton died, by which
the interest of the defendant Ralph butler was reduced tú one life only, ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"On the night of the 4th or 5th of March, 1885, butler, Hayden & Co. were ...
Hayden of butler, Hayden & Co. was present at one of these creditors' meetings. ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"One statement was to the effect that he was shot by Dink butler, and that butler
shot first. A statement to another witness was: "Dink and Ben got to ..."
5. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1903)
"Joseph butler (1692-1752), who was the youngest of the eight children of a ...
The family being Presbyterians, butler was sent to a dissenting school at ..."
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