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• There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.From the entry servant
• He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.From the entry deduction
• The butler was nowhere to be found, so I saw myself out.From the entry see oneself out
• The butler turned off that foolish maid.From the entry turn off
• The butler can’t be the murderer — he can't have killed her — because he was in London that evening.From the entry can't
• The guests were let in by the butler.From the entry guest
• The butler cannot be the murderer, he cannot have killed her, because he was in another city at the time.From the entry cannot
• The butler drew off wine from a barrel.From the entry draw off
• His old butler was as faithful as a dog.From the entry faithful as a dog
• The butler should come when called.From the entry come
• The investigator spent days trying to prove the butler committed the murder, but it turns out he was barking up the wrong tree.From the entry bark up the wrong tree
• Butler tells MySA the cruise set sail from Galveston on October 16.2021 October 26, Priscilla Aguirre, “'It was my time to shine': Viral TikTok video shows off Texas man's impressive twerking skills”, in…. From the entry leave no crumbs
• Chang the elderly butler entered, wearing only a pair of skimpy black underpants.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry skimpy
• BUBBLY Rachel Lang, the bath butler at the Hotel Gansevoort in Manhattan, serves champagne at tubside.2007 January 11, Alix Strauss, “Room Service, Draw Me a Bath”, in New York Times. From the entry tubside
• Truman rang for the butler, Alonzo Fields, one afternoon and ordered two old-fashioneds.1996, Paul F. Boller, Presidential Anecdotes, page 286. From the entry old-fashioned
• These blacks are dressed according to white code, seen acting in white-imposed roles (butlers, drivers, plantation laborers).1995, The Faulkner Journal, page 39. From the entry factota
• She issued it first to her butler, and very suddenly, so that she made him jump.1904, H. G. Wells, The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth. From the entry fasting
• Not unless you’re the Queen’s butler or one of those gents who holds the doors open at posh department stores.2024 July 30, “The Complete Guide To Men’s Dress Shirts”, in FashionBeans. From the entry dress shirt
• The former royal butler Guy Hunting recalls the uphill task faced by the Princess's dresser, Isobel Mathieson, each morning.2013, Craig Brown, Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings, page 107. From the entry dresser
• The Queen was frowning at a butler, but just as Mark looked up, Gail happened to be looking at him.1993, Sean Stewart, Nobody’s Son, San Diego, Calif.; New York, N.Y.; London: Magic Carpet Books, Harcourt, Inc., published 2000, →ISBN…. From the entry tristeful
• When the Countess of Halston marries her butler, no one will even think twice about her great-grand-daughter wedding a pianofortist.”1976, Fiona Hill [pen name; Ellen Pall], Love in a Major Key, New York, N.Y.: Diversion Books, published 2014, →ISBN. From the entry pianofortist
• He's no more a butler than I am.”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry impostor
• Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, open his second Budget.1953 April 15, “Sir Will wears the traditional topper”, in Daily Record, number 17,948, page 3. From the entry be-toppered
• Not like Muriel’s butlers who changed every month or so.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part I, Chapter I, page 25. From the entry reassuringly
• It was the butler who saw him go.1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert]…. From the entry jumpy
• I found afterwards that he was the chauffeur, who filled the gaps left by a succession of fugitive butlers.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry fugitive
• OK, you retort, but if Bob is going to convict the chauffer, he has to think of a way to unconvict the butler.2016, David Archer, The Long Thaw, page 43. From the entry unconvict
• At times like this, he buttled when Spriggan the butler was not on duty, or if an extra hand was needed, he footed as well.2000, Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum. From the entry buttle
• Butler, who resides in the neighbourhood.1961 April, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 195. From the entry signatory
• Calls himself a butler, does he?1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry impostor
• They too were ranged in order of rank: four chamberlains, four Hussars, four Chasseurs, and four butlers—these were the degrees within the hierarchy of footmanship.1949, Lajos Zilahy, translated by John Pauker, The Dukays, New York: Prentice-Hall, Part Three, Chapter 5, p. 177. From the entry footmanship
• The butler, a dark stout Dravidian with liquid yellow-irised eyes like those of a dog, brought the brandy on a brass tray.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 2, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC. From the entry irised
• He would feel that the mere idea of hearing a butler announce ‘Chief-Detective-Inspector and Lady Mary Parker’ would have something shocking about it.1930, Dorothy Sayers, Strong Poison. From the entry lady
• When, almost immediately, the telephone rang inside and the butler left the porch Daisy seized upon the momentary interruption and leaned toward me.1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN. From the entry complacency
• The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.1915, H. G. Wells, Bealby, Chapter I, Section 1. From the entry lady's maid
• Only one meal a week is required, thus doing away, at one swell foop, with cooks, scullions, stewards, butlers, waiters and other tip-extractors.1902, The Elwinkle Company, “Beesum: The New Battle Creek Bellytimber!“ (advertisement), The Philistine vol. 15 no. 3, The Society of…. From the entry one swell foop
• Other rules learnt by butlers include lighting candles 15 minutes before guests enter a room, and not saying "good morning" to guests until you are 5ft away.2019 December 15, Hugh Graham, Alice Hutton, “Milk or tea first? Charles's butlers have the answer”, in The Sunday Times, number 10,188…. From the entry learn
• The ‘witty servant’ (smarter than his master) can be traced back to the Latin dramatist Terence, but only one nation has the omnicompetent butler, the gentleman’s gentleman.2018, John Sutherland, The Good Brexiteer’s Guide to English Lit, Reaktion Books, →ISBN. From the entry factota
• The original sommeliers were butlers and had to verify the identity of wines, not in labeled bottles as today but in large casks when delivered to their rooms.2014 March 5, Bill St. John, “Learning the master sommelier way”, in Chicago Tribune, section 6, page 3, columns 1–2. From the entry somm

Meaning of butler

1. noun A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
2. noun The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.
3. noun A valet, a male personal attendant.

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Questions about butler in a sentence

How do you use butler in a sentence?

Butler is used as a noun and verb. For example: “There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.”

What is a short sentence with butler?

“Butler, who resides in the neighbourhood.”

What does butler mean?

Butler means a manservant having charge of wines and liquors.