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butlering

butlering is the present participle and gerund of butler.

Meaning of butler

Verb

butler (third-person singular simple present butlers, present participle butlering, simple past and past participle butlered)

  1. To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

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Questions about butlering

What is butlering the present participle and gerund of?
Butlering is the present participle and gerund of butler.

Words near butlering in the dictionary

  1. Butlerian Jihads
  2. Butlerians
  3. butlerie
  4. butleries
  5. butlerin
  6. butlering
  7. butlerite
  8. Butlerites
  9. butlerless
  10. butlerlike
  11. butlerly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: butlering (page history and authors); butler (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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