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butler (iou)



butler noun & verb. ME.
[Anglo-Norman buteler, Old & mod. French bouteillier cup-bearer, from bouteille BOTTLE noun1: see -ER2.]
A. noun.
A servant who has charge of a household's or other establishment's wine cellar and plate etc.; a principal manservant. ME.
Hist. An officer of high rank (nominally) in charge of wine for the royal table. ME.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Act as a butler (to); deal with as a butler. M18.
butlerage noun (a) Hist. a duty on imported wine payable to the king's butler; (b) the office of butler, a butler's department: L15.
butleress noun (rare) a female butler E17.
butlership noun the office of butler M16.
butlery noun a butler's room or pantry; a buttery: ME.