butler

Meanings

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.

Verb

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

Origin

• From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier, from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er.