butler
English
/ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈbʌt.lɚ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English butler derived from Old French buttiler derived from Latin botellārius affix from English bottle.
Origin
English
bottle
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bottlegate English
- archbutler English
- bluebottle English
- bottle English
- bottle jaw English
- bottle-o English
- bottleable English
- bottlebrush English
- bottlecap English
- bottled English
- bottlefeeder English
- bottlefish English
- bottlefly English
- bottleful English
- bottlehead English
- bottleholder English
- bottlelike English
- bottleneck English
- bottlenose English
- bottlenosed English
- bottler English
- bottlescrew English
- bottlesworth English
- bottletree English
- bottlewasher English
- bottlo English
- butlerage English
- butleress English
- butlerless English
- butlerlike English
- butlerly English
- butlership English
- cokebottle English
- embottle English
- greenbottle English
- microbottle English
- multibottle English
- rebottle English
- unbottle English
- botellārius Latin
- Butler German
- Butler Dutch, Flemish
- butler Dutch, Flemish
- botelha Portuguese
- ボトル Japanese
- botel Middle English
- butler Middle English
- buttlershipe Middle English
- boteille Old French
- buttiler Old French
- बोतल Hindi
- بطری Persian
- botal Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- botol Malay
- બાટલી Gujarati
- ibhodlela Zulu
- बाटली Marathi
- ibhotile Xhosa
- bòter Papiamentu
- botol Tok Pisin
- botel Cornish
- libhodlela Swati
- Boddel Pennsylvania German
- batra Sranan Tongo
- butul Brunei Malay
- bhotoro Shona
- botel Bislama
- bottle
- bottlo
- bottler
- bottled
- embottle
- unbottle
- bottle-o
- butlerly
- rebottle
- bottlecap
- bottlefly
- bottleful
- butleress
- butlerage
- bottleneck
- cokebottle
- Bottlegate
- butlerless
- archbutler
- bottletree
- bottlenose
- bluebottle
- butlership
- bottleable
- butlerlike
- bottle jaw
- bottlelike
- bottlehead
- bottlefish
- bottlescrew
- bottlenosed
- multibottle
- greenbottle
- microbottle
- bottlebrush
- bottlewasher
- bottlesworth
- bottlefeeder
- bottleholder