butler
A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
Noun 3 meanings
A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
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.
A valet, a male personal attendant.
Verb 1 meaning
To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
Etymology
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.
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BUTLER at a glance
BUTLER has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (B 3 + U 1 + T 1 + L 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,119 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with butler
All rhymesOne letter away
- BUTTER8
- CUTLER8
- BULLER8
- BUGLER9
- SUTLER6
- OUTLER6
- BATLER8
- BURLER8
- BUTLED9
- BUTLES8
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