Definitions for Butler
ˈbʌt lərbut·ler

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butler, pantrymannoun

   a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table

2. Butler, Samuel Butlernoun

   English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)

3. Butler, Samuel Butlernoun

   English poet (1612-1680)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butlernoun

   A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.

2. butlernoun

   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.

3. butlernoun

   A valet, a male personal attendant.

4. butlerverb

   To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

5. Butlernoun

   An English and Irish occupational surname for someone who was a butler or wine servant.

6. Butlernoun

   An Anglicized form of the French surname Boutilier, of similar derivation.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BUTLERnoun

   A servant in a family employed in furnishing the table.

   Etymology: bouteiller, Fr. boteler, or botiller, old English, from bottle; he that is employed in the care of bottling liquours.

   Butlers forget to bring up their beer time enough. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Butler

   A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house and its appearance. A butler is usually male, and in charge of male servants, while a housekeeper is usually a woman, and in charge of female servants. Traditionally, male servants (such as footmen) were better paid and of higher status than female servants. The butler, as the senior male servant, has the highest servant status. He can also sometimes function as a chauffeur. In older houses where the butler is the most senior worker, titles such as majordomo, butler administrator, house manager, manservant, staff manager, chief of staff, staff captain, estate manager, and head of household staff are sometimes given. The precise duties of the employee will vary to some extent in line with the title given, but perhaps, more importantly in line with the requirements of the individual employer. In the grandest homes or when the employer owns more than one residence, there is sometimes an estate manager of higher rank than the butler. The butler can also be assisted by a head footman or footboy called the under-butler.

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1. butler

   A butler is a domestic worker in a large household, employed by a wealthy family, who is in charge of the dining area, wine cellar, and pantry. They supervise and coordinate activities of household staff, manage household budgets and maintenance, and may also serve meals or perform personal services such as helping their employer to dress or handling their correspondence. The role may also involve various other managerial tasks depending on the specific needs of the household.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Butlernoun

   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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Butler

   A butler is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house and its appearance. A butler is usually male, and in charge of male servants, while a housekeeper is usually a woman, and in charge of female servants. Traditionally, male servants were rarer and therefore better paid and of higher status than female servants. The butler, as the senior male servant, has the highest servant status. In modern houses where the butler is the most senior worker, titles such as majordomo, butler administrator, house manager, manservant, staff manager, chief of staff, staff captain, estate manager and head of household staff are sometimes given. The precise duties of the employee will vary to some extent in line with the title given, but perhaps more importantly in line with the requirements of the individual employer. In the grandest homes or when the employer owns more than one residence, there is sometimes an estate manager of higher rank than the butler.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Butler

   but′lėr, n. a servant who has charge of the liquors, plate, &c.—v.i. to act as butler.—ns. But′lership, But′lerage; But′lery, the butler's pantry. [Norm. Fr. butuiller—Low L. buticularius. See Bottle.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butler

   1. A Person or Thing that has charge of the servants in a house belonging to another Person or Thing. 2. A tyrant without ears, eyes, organs, dimensions, passions.

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1. butler

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BUTLER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Butler is ranked #108 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Butler surname appeared 218,847 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 74 would have the surname Butler.
   
   62.3% or 136,473 total occurrences were White.
   31.5% or 69,024 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 5,362 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.3% or 5,143 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.8% or 1,838 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 985 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Manservant
   • Poet
   • Writer

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Anagrams for Butler »

1. bulter

2. burlet

How to pronounce Butler?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Butler in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Butler in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Butler in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Butler in a Sentence

1. Missouri System President Tim Wolfe:

   It is my belief that we stopped listening to each other, we did n’t respond or react. We got frustrated with each other and we forced individuals like Jonathan Butler to take immediate action, unusual steps to affect change. This is not – I repeat, not – the way change should come about. Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation and we have top respect each other enough to stop yelling at each other and quit intimidating each other.

2. Pat Riley:

   I definitely feel an obligation to finish this build. And so if we're three years into this build – then I don't want to do another three years of just building this team. I think we're in that window of internal improvement. We got a great, great, great player in Jimmy Butler, we know that, we have a lot of real experienced veterans and so we put together a team that got to the Eastern Conference finals and it was bitter, it was a bitter loss. The dragon hasn't actually left my body yet from that loss. I was stunned, I was frustrated, I was angry, I was all of those things for the last week and now I'm beginning to move on past all of that, so I haven't given that any thought at all.

3. Butler University:

   The Butler community is mourning the loss of Matthew Alexander, we want to extend our deepest sympathies to Matthew's friends and families during this time of great sorrow.

4. Jima Smith:

   I'm just so grateful it was Mr. John Butler who was there to save the day for my child, i'm so grateful for John Butler.

5. Jacob Lenfestey:

   What I do know is just days after the election Butler President James Danko had sent out a student-wide e-mail, and in that he had made a point to say that we should all accept President Trump as the winner of the election and move forward after months of negative political discourse. And I feel like, you know, the initial terms that they had used just don’t line up with President Danko’s goals.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Butler
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Butler
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Butler
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Butler
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Butler
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Butler
9. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=Butler
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Butler