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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
Synonyms
Examples for "pantryman"
Examples for "pantryman"
1
Pictures which were taken of the disaster by the pantryman, Fred Hanson.
The new yorker
2
Fred Starratt rose in rapid succession to the position of pantryman, head waiter to the attendants, assistant bookkeeper in the office.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
3
He was uneasy in his borrowed clothes-hehad surrendered his own garments to a pantryman who had volunteered to dry them.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
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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Translations for butler
Portuguese
mordomo
Butler through the time
Butler across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
United States of America
Less common
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