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name
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname.
An Anglicized form of the French Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier surname from French of similar derivation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A town, the county seat of Choctaw County, Alabama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A populated place in Mohave County, Arizona.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A ghost town in Fresno County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A small city, the county seat of Taylor County, Georgia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A small village in Montgomery County, Illinois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A small city in DeKalb County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A home rule city in Pendleton County, Kentucky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A city, the county seat of Bates County, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A borough of Morris County, New Jersey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A town in Wayne County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A village in Richland County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A town in Custer County, Oklahoma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A city, the county seat of Butler County, Pennsylvania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A tiny town in Day County, South Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Tennessee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
An unincorporated community in Freestone County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
An unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in the United States of America:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Butler Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in Canada
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in Canada
An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename:
A location in Australia:
A locality in South Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A location in Australia:
An outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
Ellipsis of Butler County.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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name
A placename:
Ellipsis of Butler River.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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noun
A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A valet, a male personal attendant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pantryman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: manservant
noun
English poet (1612-1680)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Samuel Butler
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poet
noun
English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Samuel Butler
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
History
* (English surname): From Middle English Butler. * (Anglicized surname): From French Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier. * (placename): From the surname
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.
Across languages
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
