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
They’re scattered across the beach and overwater promenade, laden with luxuries, like butler service, Diptyque toiletries, and sea views from bed.
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Only butlers and spa therapists may accept tips at some resorts.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
The 26 cabins, each with a riverside balcony and lounge, are available with four-poster beds and a personal butler to complete the old-world experience.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
To the obscenely wealthy, there are only two types of people: people and their butlers.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Only butlers and spa therapists may accept tips at some resorts.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
The 26 cabins, each with a riverside balcony and lounge, are available with four-poster beds and a personal butler to complete the old-world experience.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
To the obscenely wealthy, there are only two types of people: people and their butlers.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for butler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for butler
Noun
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The show is sharpest when its sights are fixed on Norma and Joe, and also on the looming figure of Norma’s manservant and eternal enabler, Max.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2024
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The dialogue is witty and the characters are memorable, particularly Boris Karloff as hulking manservant Morgan.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
12 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Free bike valet and E-bike and mobile phone/device charging lounge.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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The duo was later photographed leaving the Sunset Tower Hotel together on Saturday night, chatting outside the valet area.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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Bennett gained some experience at Buckingham Palace as a part-time footman (a lower-ranking role) before quitting the force.—
Peter Rubin,
Longreads,
17 Sep. 2024
Noun
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In 2010, a three-part revival of Upstairs, Downstairs aired on British broadcaster BBC One, with Marsh reprising her role as Rose Buck, who had returned to London to run an agency for domestic servants after a period spent nursing her mother in Suffolk.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Few spoke up for the man viewed by many as a lowborn upstart, but Cromwell, his faithful servant, was the exception, petitioning Henry at great risk to his own reputation.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 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 bride and groom wore custom Wirsindstill and Burberry for their nuptials, and were styled by Aaron Wilcox.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Even at weddings where both to-be-weds are grooms, it’s still considered a color option that should exclusively be held by them.—
Maria Ward,
Vogue,
10 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2025.
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