as in manservant
a man employed in in the home of a wealthy person to perform various personal services and to be in charge of other household employees
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Recent Examples of butler
An open-concept great room’s formal dining area and family room flow to the kitchen, which is outfitted with stone countertops, a large eat-in island, Thermador appliances, and a butler’s pantry.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 26 June 2025
This has led astronomers to take a step into cloud computing — as well as enlist the help of seven brokers and a data butler.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 June 2025
The room’s hefty price tag comes with many perks, including a private car, driver and guide in port; included laundry and dry cleaning; a menu of linens and pillows; a butler and more.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 17 June 2025
You as a cook, a chef, a butler, a maid, the engineer.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 26 June 2025
This has led astronomers to take a step into cloud computing — as well as enlist the help of seven brokers and a data butler.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 June 2025
The room’s hefty price tag comes with many perks, including a private car, driver and guide in port; included laundry and dry cleaning; a menu of linens and pillows; a butler and more.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 17 June 2025
You as a cook, a chef, a butler, a maid, the engineer.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butler
Noun
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He is attended and aided by his faithful manservant, Graham, and sometimes assisted by another confidant, Dr. Thomas McConnell.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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These included a gentleman singing with his manservant on Mardi Gras, seven apprentices of a ribbon maker singing together, and a woman charged for singing while working in her house and yard, among many others.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Following a lengthy discussion, board member John Bauer made a motion to support the request for a valet zone that must include the bulb-out.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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And most folks know to tip valets, nail technicians, and bellhops, too.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
16 June 2025
Noun
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The idea of a footman making an invention, becoming fabulously rich and turning up at some dinner in London society, that just wouldn’t happen.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
23 June 2025
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Downstairs, young footman and part-time inventor Jack is trying to sell a new style of alarm clock with Larry's help and leave the world of service and rigid class striations behind him.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
Noun
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But the novel also interweaves a repository of 795 poems throughout its roughly 1,300 pages—each written from the one of 118 separate characters’ perspectives, including mothers, servants, emperors, lovers, and Genji himself.—
Andrew Paul Jul 16,
Popular Science,
16 July 2025
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Shalla-Bal was later crowned the Empress of Zenn-La after Radd sacrificed himself to be enslaved as the servant of the planet eater to save his world from obliteration.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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The houseboy kept bringing food and water.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
6 Oct. 2024
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His mother moved the family to Malden, W.Va., where Washington worked as a salt packer, coal miner and houseboy.—
Tobi Raji,
Washington Post,
4 Feb. 2024
Noun
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The 25-year-old earned around $28 an hour as a night houseman on the evening shift at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Feb. 2025
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The 25-year-old earned around $28 an hour as a night houseman on the evening shift at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The first dance usually belongs to the bride and groom—but this time, Bianca Wyler's dad stole the show.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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The groom's mother appears to be aware of this rule, yet continues to push the topic to the bride.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Fresh off his San Vicente Bungalows run, Dimitri Dimitrov was back on hand as Tower Bar’s majordomo.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Sep. 2024
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Alfred Molina, Ving Rhames, Toby Jones, and Paul Walter Hauser all drop by to add their touches to an underworld majordomo, a dogged BPD Special Ops officer, a political toady and Boston’s single dumbest thug, respectively.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2024
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“Butler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butler. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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