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Butler

//ˈbʌt.lɚ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.; An English and Irish surname from Middle English [in turn originating as an occupation], for someone who was a butler or wine servant. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname.; An Anglicized form of the French Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier surname from French of similar derivation. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A male given name. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A town, the county seat of Choctaw County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A populated place in Mohave County, Arizona. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A ghost town in Fresno County, California. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A small city, the county seat of Taylor County, Georgia. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A small village in Montgomery County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A small city in DeKalb County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A home rule city in Pendleton County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A city, the county seat of Bates County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A borough of Morris County, New Jersey. countable, uncountable
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    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A town in Wayne County, New York. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A village in Richland County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
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    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A town in Custer County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
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    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A city, the county seat of Butler County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A tiny town in Day County, South Dakota. countable, uncountable
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    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Tennessee. countable, uncountable
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    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Freestone County, Texas. countable, uncountable
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    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas. countable, uncountable
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    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  19. 24
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  20. 25
    A placename:; A location in the United States of America:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Butler Township. countable, uncountable
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    A placename:; A location in Canada countable, uncountable
  22. 27
    A placename:; A location in Canada; An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada. countable, uncountable
  23. 28
    A placename:; A location in Australia:; A locality in South Australia. countable, uncountable
  24. 29
    A placename:; A location in Australia:; An outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia. countable, uncountable
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    A placename:; Ellipsis of Butler County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  26. 31
    A placename:; Ellipsis of Butler River. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
  2. 2
    a servant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table wordnet
  3. 3
    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.

    "“One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …""

  4. 4
    A valet, a male personal attendant.
Verb
  1. 1
    To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler.

Etymology 2

From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler.

Etymology 3

* (English surname): From Middle English Butler. * (Anglicized surname): From French Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier. * (placename): From the surname

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