English

Proper noun

Butler

1. An English and Irish occupational surname for someone who was a butler or wine servant surname​.
2. An Anglicized form of the French surname Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier, of similar derivation.
3. A town and a county in Alabama
4. A ghost town in California
5. A city in Georgia, USA
6. A village in Illinois
7. A city in Indiana
8. A city and a county in Kentucky
9. A city and a county in Missouri
10. A borough in New Jersey
11. A town in New York
12. A village and a county in Ohio
13. A town in Oklahoma
14. A city in Pennsylvania
15. A town in South Dakota
16. A town and a village in Wisconsin

Derived terms

• Butler River

Dutch

Etymology

From English Butler.

Proper noun

Butler ?

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

German

A Butler, domestic butler

Etymology

From English butler

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatlɐ/

Noun

Butler m ‎(genitive Butlers, plural Butler)

1. A butler, chief male servant, majordomo

Proper noun

Butler ? ‎(genitive Butler)

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

English

Noun

butler ‎(plural butlers)

1. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
2. 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.
   • 1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, Filibuster, Chapter 2

     “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. …"

3. A valet, a male personal attendant.

Derived terms

• buttle (backformation)

Translations

Verb

butler ‎(third-person singular simple present butlers, present participle butlering, simple past and past participle butlered)

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

References

1. ↑ Etymonline