butler

Definition

  • n. a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
  • n. English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)
  • n. English poet (1612-1680)

Word forms

Plural
butlers

Example sentences

  1. n.

    The butler served dinner promptly at seven o'clock.