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Pronunciation: [bˈʌtləz] (IPA)

Butlers are individuals who are responsible for the management and maintenance of private households. They are often associated with formal and upscale living, and are known for their exceptional hospitality services. Synonyms for the word "butler" include major-domo, house manager, steward, valet and manservant. Each of these synonyms has slightly different connotations and can be used in different contexts. While "butler" is a common term, using synonyms can add variety and interest to your writing. Ultimately, no matter what term you use, the most important aspect of a butler is their ability to provide impeccable service and attention to detail.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Butlers

Footmen, butlers, late dinners, wines, carriages, the ceaseless gossip of 'Society' were enough to dazzle the eyes of a girl born so near the cowshed.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
He and Mr. Barradine must meet somewhere quietly and comfortably, out of reach of electric bells, butlers, and police officers.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
"Noblemen and butlers and all that sort aren't anything particular to me.
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay

Famous quotes with Butlers

  • In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day.
    Joachim du Bellay
  • American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.
    W. Somerset Maugham
  • A fifty-seven-year-old college professor expressed it this way: "Yes, there's a need for male lib and hardly anyone writes about it the way it really is, though a few make jokes. My gut reaction, which is what you asked for, is that men—the famous male chauvinist pigs who neglect their wives, underpay their women employees, and rule the world—are literally slaves. They're out there picking that cotton, sweating, swearing, taking lashes from the boss, working fifty hours a week to support themselves and the plantation, only then to come back to the house to do another twenty hours a week rinsing dishes, toting trash bags, writing checks, and acting as butlers at the parties. It's true of young husbands and middleaged husbands. Young bachelors may have a nice deal for a couple of years after graduating, but I've forgotten, and I'll never again be young! Old men. Some have it sweet, some have it sour.
    Herb Goldberg
  • A state of princes; a skulk of friars; a skulk of thieves; an observance of hermits; a lying of pardoners; a subtiltie of serjeants; an untruth of sompners; a multiplying of husbands; an incredibility of cuckolds; a safeguard of porters; a stalk of foresters; a blast of hunters; a draught of butlers; a temperance of cooks; a melody of harpers; a poverty of pipers; a drunkenship of coblers; a disguising of taylors; a wandering of tinkers; a malepertness of pedlars; a fighting of beggars; a rayful, (that is, a netful) of knaves; a blush of boys; a bevy of ladies; a nonpatience of wives; a gagle of women; a gagle of geese; a superfluity of nuns; and a herd of harlots. Similar terms were applied to inanimate things, as a caste of bread, a cluster of grapes, a cluster of nuts, &c.
    Joseph Strutt
  • Blizzard was of the fine old school of butlers. His appearance suggested that for fifteen years he had not let a day pass without its pint of port. He radiated port and pop-eyed dignity. He had splay feet and three chins, and when he walked his curving waistcoat preceded him like the advance guard of some royal procession.
    P. G. Wodehouse

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