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The definition of a butler is the head servant in a household who tends to the needs of the household that employs him.

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A man who answers the door and serves dinner to the homeowners and guests is an example of a butler.

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noun

a manservant, now usually the head servant of a household, in charge of wines, pantry, table silver, etc.

Origin: ME boteler < OFr bouteillier, cupbearer < bouteille, bottle

Butler, Benjamin Franklin 1818-93; U.S. politician & Union general in the Civil War
Butler, Joseph 1692-1752; Eng. theologian & bishop
Butler, Samuel 1612-80; Eng. satirical poet
Butler, Samuel 1835-1902; Eng. novelist

See butler in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The head servant in a household who is usually in charge of food service, the care of silverware, and the deportment of the other servants.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French bouteillier, bottle bearer

Origin: , from bouteille, botele, bottle; see bottle

American army officer and politician. His harsh rule as military governor of New Orleans (May-December 1862) led to charges of corruption and Butler's removal. He later opened the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson (1868).

, Nicholas Murray 1862-1947.

American educator who advocated peace through education. He shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.

, Samuel 1612-1680.

English poet remembered primarily for his three-part work Hudibras (1663-1678), a venomous mock-heroic satire on the Puritans.

, Samuel 1835-1902.

British writer best known for The Way of All Flesh (1903), a semiautobiographical novel satirizing family life in mid-Victorian England.

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