butler
IPA: bˈʌtɫɝ
noun
- 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.
- A surname.
- An English and Irish surname from Middle English [in turn originating as an occupation], for someone who was a butler or wine servant.
- An Anglicized form of the French Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier surname from French of similar derivation.
- A male given name
- A placename:
- A location in the United States of America:
- A town, the county seat of Choctaw County, Alabama.
- A locality in Mohave County, Arizona.
- A ghost town in Fresno County, California.
- A small city, the county seat of Taylor County, Georgia.
- A small village in Montgomery County, Illinois.
- A small city in DeKalb County, Indiana.
- A home rule city in Pendleton County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
- A city, the county seat of Bates County, Missouri.
- A borough of Morris County, New Jersey.
- A town in Wayne County, New York.
- A village in Richland County, Ohio.
- A town in Custer County, Oklahoma.
- A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
- A city, the county seat of Butler County, Pennsylvania.
- A tiny town in Day County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Freestone County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas.
- A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
- A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Butler Township.
- A location in Canada
- An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
- A location in Australia:
- A locality in South Australia.
- An outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
- Ellipsis of Butler County. [One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Greenville. Named after William Butler.]
- Ellipsis of Butler River.
verb
- To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
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Examples of "butler" in Sentences
- The butler was the last of the butlers.
- Butler claimed the fort was impregnable.
- Butler found the suspect in the kitchen.
- The quarto is dedicated to George Butler.
- Mary Butler is the owner of the franchise.
- The butler then comes bringing in the cake.
- Alf Stokes was the scheming butler of the series.
- Butler was a keen bird collector and taxidermist.
- The butler then punished the challenger for being a coward.
- Overlook's Elephant Walk links to the story: The butler is dead!
- Butler the beekeeper and Butler the spelling reformer are the same person.
- It turns out that their butler is actually 20 faces under one of his disguises.
- Azumamiya then tells Nonohora that he gets now what his butler is trying to teach him.
- Batman punches them off when kicking his ass. justin butler you intergalatic giant nerds.
- Ali remembered the night Arabella Ashcroft had realized that her long-term butler was gay.
- Himura then says that a butler is not fulfilling his responsibilities when he cannot see trash on the floor.
- Men in butler costumes is a theme in women's "Boys 'Love" manga, which features attractive young men's homoerotic relationships:
- First, Faauma — the bronze candlestick, whom otherwise I called my butler — bolted from the bed and bosom of Lafaele, the Archangel Hercules, prefect of the cattle.
- Alfred the butler is right he just wants to watch the world burn. nothing means anything to him. but to bring chaotic order. and he does it in such away it leaves you breathless.
- I mean, Harry has been hell-bent on killing Peter for quite a while now, but a brief 30 second conversation with the butler is enough to make him see the light and change his mind?
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