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Webster 1913 Edition

Butler

But′ler

(bŭt′lẽr)
,
Noun.
[OE.
boteler
, F.
bouteillier
a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, fr. LL.
buticularius
, fr.
buticula
bottle. See
Bottle
a hollow vessel.]
An officer in a king’s or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.
The
butler
and the baker of the king of Egypt.
Gen. xl. 5.
Your wine locked up, your
butler
strolled abroad.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Butler

BUT'LER

,
Noun.
A servant or officer in the houses of princes and great men, whose principal business is to take charge of the liquors,place, &c. Formerly, an officer in the court of France, being the same as the grand echanson or great cup-bearer of the present times.

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