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
Additionally, they were granted a complimentary cabana with butler service and a bottle of Black Label whisky.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Elect to stay in one of the property’s gorgeous overwater villas (complete with butler service).
—Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Additional perks include unlimited access to the Aurea Spa Thermal Suite, 24-hour butler service, concierge services, and VIP entry and exit at all ports of call.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
The thing that most influenced me was firsthand accounts from Ferruccio, who was her butler.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for butler 
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Elect to stay in one of the property’s gorgeous overwater villas (complete with butler service).
—Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Additional perks include unlimited access to the Aurea Spa Thermal Suite, 24-hour butler service, concierge services, and VIP entry and exit at all ports of call.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
The thing that most influenced me was firsthand accounts from Ferruccio, who was her butler.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 14 Jan. 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
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But a move by Trump and his Mar-a-Lago co-defendants valet Walt Nauta and property manager Carlos de Oliveira, has tied up the release of Smith’s final work.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
11 Jan. 2025
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Seventeen seconds later, the truck exploded in the valet area of the hotel.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
2 Jan. 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
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But Meghan had her issues with servants, Quinn reported.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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There’s a butler’s pantry, a servant’s quarters and a servant’s staircase.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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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
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Between this new doc, the premiere of Porsha Williams’s new spinoff, the new season of RHOC, Nicki Minaj hosting the RHOP reunion, the RHOM trailer, and the finale of Winter House, the Institute is busier than Andy Cohen’s houseboy during a holiday weekend.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2021
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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Wilson Medina works two jobs: as a houseman at the Sheraton Universal Hotel and as a mechanic.—
Helen Li,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2023
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The soon-to-be bride and groom attended the same college, were both born in New York City and lived in the same area, but their paths didn't cross until 2022.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Also, any time the female cast members sing together is a win, but both Andrew Dismukes, as the spurned groom, and Marcello Hernández as the man, the myth, the legend, Domingo, adorably run away with the sketch.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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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 Feb. 2025.
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