Originally: †a servant responsible for supervising the wine cellar or serving wine or other drink, sometimes as cup-bearer to a monarch or nobleman…
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| 释义 | society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > butler (12) butler?a1300 Originally: †a servant responsible for supervising the wine cellar or serving wine or other drink, sometimes as cup-bearer to a monarch or nobleman… somler1543 A butler. bottle bearer1571 a person who carries or holds a bottle; spec. a person who serves wine, a butler (historical); cf. cup-bearer, n. wine butler1880 a servant who has charge of the wine cellar and serves the wine (cf. butler, n. 1a). wine steward1898 a servant responsible for serving wine. Subcategories:— collectively (1) — a company of (1) — office or action of (3) — woman (1) — subordinate (1) |
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