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butlership

butlership noun: the rank, office, or position of a butler.

Noun

butlership (countable and uncountable, plural butlerships)

  1. The rank, office, or position of a butler.
    • A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4

butlership meaning in Tamil

butlership in Tamil

ஆகியவற்றின் பொறுப்பாளர் நிலை, அரசகுடும்ப மேலாள் நிலை

Forms of butlership

pluralbutlerships

Origin of butlership

From Middle English buttlershipe, equivalent to butler + -ship.

Questions about butlership

What does butlership mean?
Butlership means the rank, office, or position of a butler.
What is butlership in Tamil?
Butlership in Tamil is ஆகியவற்றின் பொறுப்பாளர் நிலை, அரசகுடும்ப மேலாள் நிலை. See Butlership meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is butlership?
Butlership is a noun.
What is the plural of butlership?
The plural of butlership is butlerships.

Words near butlership in the dictionary

  1. butlers
  2. Butlers Gorge
  3. butlers steak
  4. butlers' steak
  5. butlers' steaks
  6. butlership
  7. butlerships
  8. butlery
  9. butles
  10. Butlin
  11. Butlinesque

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