butler
noun
the chief male servant of a household, usually in charge of serving food, the care of silverware, etc.
underbutler
-
a word derived from
butler.
Example Sentences
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As for the underbutler formerly known as Hissing Thomas, his martyrdom now seems virtually complete.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2016
Meanwhile, in other surprising developments, tenant farmers prove very nearly interchangeable; aristos turn out to be rather bad at child-minding; and an underbutler shows that he is, in his down time, a superbowler.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2016
Two housemaids, one hall boy, not a kitchen maid in sight, and who keeps an underbutler anymore?
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2016
While his father, an underbutler at Darlington Hall, lies in his room dying of a stroke, Stevens serves after-dinner drinks with tears streaming down his face.
From Time Magazine Archive
The footmen, underbutler, porters, coachmen, grooms, stable-boys, gardeners, maids ate in a servants room.
From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by S. A. Reilly
