butlerianadj.
/bʌtˈlɪərɪən/, /bʌtˈlɛːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌbətˈlɛriən/ Of or relating to a butler; characteristic of a butler.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [adjective] > belonging to or characteristic of butler
butler-like1809
butlerian1841
butlerish1864
1841 Bentley's Misc. 10 586 A dinner party for which a dozen of wine has been decanted, with the usual butlerian diminutions.
1882 E. C. Clayton Girl's Destiny I. iv. 61 Obtrusive, in his strict attention to his butlerian duties.
1953 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 30 June 10/5 He took work in a high Nazi's house. He cut some throats, and blew some bridges, and passed on some reports, and all the time his butlerian service was impeccable.
2013 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Nexis) 2 Aug. The driver's cockpit is designed with butlerian efficiency and an erudite, if streamlined, combination of buttons and knurled knobs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1841- to hold keep a court
- to hold lands in vassalage
- to hold little price of
- to hold little price upon
- to hold loose
- to hold make no tale of
- to hold measure with
- to hold no brief for
- to hold no state of
- to hold no tale of
- to hold off
- to hold off-hand
- to hold offhand
- to hold on
- to hold on by one's fingernails
- to hold on by one's fingertips
- to hold on one's way or course
- to hold on the slack
- to hold on to something by one's fingernails
- to hold on to something by one's fingertips
- to hold one chat, with chat, in chat
- to hold one tug
- to hold one with his bill in the water
- to hold one's breath
- to hold one's cock