butler
noun
the chief male servant of a household, usually in charge of serving food, the care of silverware, etc.
butlers
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pluralof butler.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The investor story is not robot butlers or science-fiction spectacle — it is production costs.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Throughout the performance, white mask-clad butlers guide audiences to their destinations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
A new robot shop has opened in Beijing selling everything from mechanical butlers to human-like replicas of Albert Einstein.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
They have music playing and very snazzily dressed butlers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
Lesser butlers will abandon their professional being for the private one at the least provocation.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
