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plural butlers
A manservant having charge of wines and liquors. examples
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. quotations examples
“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. …"
1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 2, in Filibuster
A valet, a male personal attendant. examples
third-person singular simple present butlers, present participle butlering, simple past and past participle butlered
To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler. examples