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
At least one butler works in the home who police plan to interview.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 May 2025
Want your butler to deliver caviar with all the trimmings?
—Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
The Reserve Villas, featuring 2 to 5-bedrooms, private infinity pools, modern beach decor, and personal concierge/butler services.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Regrettably, there are fewer butler battles in Season 3 and too much serious business.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 May 2025
Want your butler to deliver caviar with all the trimmings?
—Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
The Reserve Villas, featuring 2 to 5-bedrooms, private infinity pools, modern beach decor, and personal concierge/butler services.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Regrettably, there are fewer butler battles in Season 3 and too much serious business.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 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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Cal Expo also offers free, secured bike valet on select days, ideal for local residents.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2025
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Free trolley services run from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and a free bike valet is offered at Bacon Street and Newport Avenue.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
Noun
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As for the downstairs crew, the Van Rhijn’s footman, Jack Trotter (Ben Ahlers), waits anxiously as Larry Russell begins seeking a buyer for his patented alarm clock design.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
12 June 2025
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Instead of facing what Alondra is saying, Yasmin strides out of the room and instructs Henry Muck’s footman to fire the secretary.—
Nina Li Coomes,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Advertisement What Fellowes can’t countenance are privileged people who lack the magnanimity befitting their rank and, most of all, servants who are insufficiently grateful to their benevolent employers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Simone’s job is to make life hell for the family’s other servants, including property manager Jose (Felix Solis), head chef Patrice (Lauren Weedman), and Missy (Britne Oldford), who doesn’t appear to have a specific job.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 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 entire wedding party, including parents of the bride and groom, wore fashions supplied by JCPenney, including a $99 wedding gown and the groom’s tuxedo, which Thalberg confesses cost a bit more.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The soon-to-be bride and groom were among the last to arrive, and security created a cordon around the couple to shield them from onlookers.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
26 June 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 2 Jul. 2025.
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