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Meanings of butler in English

Russian
дворецкий
Spanish
mayordomo
Catalan
majordoma
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Male domestic worker in charge of all the male household staff.

        Related terms
        дворецкий
        Portuguese
        mordomo
        Catalan
        reboster

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

              mordomo
              Catalan
              samuel butler
              Spanish
              samuel butler

              English poet (1612-1680)

                    samuel butler
                    Usage of butler in English
                    1
                    The president didn't know it until another butler told him, Charles said.
                    Ebony
                    2
                    The old butler bowed and disappeared; and after awhile reappeared and announced:
                    For Woman's Love
                    3
                    Gerald intervened as he was in the act of questioning the butler.
                    The Vanished Messenger
                    4
                    She rose and rung the bell, and the old butler came in.
                    Tales of the Wilderness
                    5
                    She sat motionless meanwhile; the butler withdrew, and the tea remained untouched.
                    The Testing of Diana Mallory
                    6
                    The more we use the butler, the more power it will have.
                    Wired
                    7
                    The Scotch butler is not in the least like an English one.
                    Penelope's Experiences in Scotland / Being Extracts from the Com...
                    8
                    He was standing in the breakfast room talking to the old butler.
                    A Modern Chronicle — Volume 07
                    9
                    She had not long been in the cottage when the butler arrived.
                    The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, A Legacy of Hate
                    10
                    It was clear there would be a butler, and perhaps footmen too.
                    Charmed Life
                    11
                    Britz thrust the butler back into the cell and closed the door.
                    The Substitute Prisoner
                    12
                    The butler entered the room and carefully closed the door behind him.
                    The Hand in the Dark
                    13
                    A personal butler is on hand to take care of every need.
                    The South African
                    14
                    It was the butler, who entered the room and lighted the candles.
                    In the Eastern Seas
                    15
                    A message to her apartment brought the maid and butler in haste.
                    Out of the Ashes
                    16
                    He leaned back in his chair and gazed mildly at the butler.
                    Witness for the Defence
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                    Portuguese
                    mordomo
                    Butler through the time
                    Butler across language varieties
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                    Australia
                    Common
                    United States of America
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