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butler
(encz) | butler,sluha n: Zdeněk Brož |
Butler
(gcide) | Butler \But"ler\ (b[u^]t"l[~e]r), n. [OE. boteler, F.
bouteillier a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, fr. LL.
buticularius, fr. buticula bottle. See Bottle a hollow
vessel.]
An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose
principal business it is to take charge of the liquors,
plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.
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The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt. --Gen.
xl. 5.
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Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad.
--Pope.
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butler
(wn) | butler
n 1: a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who
has charge of wines and the table [syn: butler,
pantryman]
2: English novelist who described a fictitious land he called
Erewhon (1835-1902) [syn: Butler, Samuel Butler]
3: English poet (1612-1680) [syn: Butler, Samuel Butler] |
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silent butler
(encz) | silent butler, n: |
Archbutler
(gcide) | Archbutler \Arch`but"ler\, n. [Pref. arch- + butler.]
A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire.
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Butler
(gcide) | Butler \But"ler\ (b[u^]t"l[~e]r), n. [OE. boteler, F.
bouteillier a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, fr. LL.
buticularius, fr. buticula bottle. See Bottle a hollow
vessel.]
An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose
principal business it is to take charge of the liquors,
plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.
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The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt. --Gen.
xl. 5.
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Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad.
--Pope.
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Butlerage
(gcide) | Butlerage \But"ler*age\, n. (O. Eng. Law)
A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into
England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to
the king's butler for the king. --Blackstone.
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Butlership
(gcide) | Butlership \But"ler*ship\, n.
The office of a butler.
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james butler hickock
(wn) | James Butler Hickock
n 1: frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary
(1837-1876) [syn: Hickock, Wild Bill Hickock, {James
Butler Hickock}] |
samuel butler
(wn) | Samuel Butler
n 1: English novelist who described a fictitious land he called
Erewhon (1835-1902) [syn: Butler, Samuel Butler]
2: English poet (1612-1680) [syn: Butler, Samuel Butler] |
silent butler
(wn) | silent butler
n 1: a small receptacle with a handle and a hinged lid; used for
collecting crumbs or ashes |
stephen butler leacock
(wn) | Stephen Butler Leacock
n 1: Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous
writings (1869-1944) [syn: Leacock, Stephen Leacock,
Stephen Butler Leacock] |
william butler yeats
(wn) | William Butler Yeats
n 1: Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939) [syn: Yeats,
William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats] |
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