butlerage
English
noun
Definitions
- (legal) A duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every tun of wine imported into England by foreign merchants.
Etymology
Suffix from English butler.
Origin
English
butler
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archbutler English
- bottle English
- butler English
- butleress English
- butlerless English
- butlerlike English
- butlerly English
- butlership English
- Butler German
- Butler Dutch, Flemish
- butler Dutch, Flemish
- butler Middle English