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
In the trailer Season 4 of the Emmy-winning program, streaming May 15 on Netflix, MrBeast leads a galactic gladiator ring with dinosaur-riding mutants and John Oliver plays an adorable robot butler.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
Raffles’ legendary butlers elevate each stay with thoughtful, anything-is-possible service.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
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April 13, 2025
This particular assignment was to illustrate an essay by P.G. Wodehouse, the British author and humorist who created Jeeves, the consummate butler to the hapless Bertie Wooster.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Despite its size–there are 320 accommodations on the property– the five-star hospitality and option for premium butler service makes the place feel intimate.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2025
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
Raffles’ legendary butlers elevate each stay with thoughtful, anything-is-possible service.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
More on Brad Holland Brad Holland, 81, Dies; His Subversive Art Reinvented Illustration
April 13, 2025
This particular assignment was to illustrate an essay by P.G. Wodehouse, the British author and humorist who created Jeeves, the consummate butler to the hapless Bertie Wooster.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Despite its size–there are 320 accommodations on the property– the five-star hospitality and option for premium butler service makes the place feel intimate.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butler
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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The victim met Warner near the valet of the East Hotel at 788 Brickell Plaza on April 8.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
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The Grand Californian also has its own parking lot, which costs $40 per night for self-parking and $70 per night for valet.—
Nina Ruggiero,
Travel + Leisure,
6 May 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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Wong is a humble servant, forever thankful for the new land, and its people who accepted him.—
Pauleen Le,
CBS News,
5 May 2025
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The genuine bond between Isabella and her servant, Dinah (Mirren Mack).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
2 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 positioning of Ginevra’s profile offers the greatest clue for the occasion: In 15th-century Florence, newlywed couples of means were typically painted with the groom on the left, facing the right, and the woman on the right, facing the left.—
E.R. Zarevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 May 2025
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From the grooms to some of the winningest jockeys, Latinos have risen in prominence.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
3 May 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 18 May. 2025.
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