"butler" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈbʏt.lər/ Audio: Nl-butler.ogg Forms: butlers [plural], butlertje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Borrowed from English butler. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|en|butler}} English butler Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|butlertje}} butler m (plural butlers, diminutive butlertje n)
  1. A butler (chief male servant of a household; valet; booze manservant). Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-butler-nl-noun-kn9L8MMx Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈbʌt.lɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-butler.ogg [US] Forms: butlers [plural]
enPR: bŭtʹ-lər Rhymes: -ʌtlə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|butler}} Middle English butler, {{m|enm|butlere}} butlere, {{m|enm|boteler}} boteler, {{m|enm|botelere}} botelere, {{der|en|fro|buttiler}} Old French buttiler, {{m|fro|butiller}} butiller, {{m|fro|boteillier|t=officer in charge of wine}} boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), {{der|en|ML.|botellārius}} Medieval Latin botellārius, {{af|en|bottle|-er|id2=agent noun}} bottle + -er, {{piecewise doublet|en|bottler}} Piecewise doublet of bottler Head templates: {{en-noun}} butler (plural butlers)
  1. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors. Categories (topical): Occupations, Stock characters Translations (manservant having charge of wines and liquors): كَبِير خَدَم (kabīr ḵadam) [masculine] (Arabic), sommelier [masculine] (Catalan), 管家 (guǎnjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 男僕 (Chinese Mandarin), 男仆 (nánpú) (Chinese Mandarin), W22-W-A1 (wdpw) (Egyptian), sommelier (Finnish), sommelier [masculine] (French), sumiller [masculine] (Galician), ख़ानसामा (xānsāmā) [masculine] (Hindi), ख़ानसामाँ (xānsāmā̃) [masculine] (Hindi), costituente [masculine] (Italian), ソムリエ (somurie) (Japanese), 소믈리에 (someullie) (Korean), слу́жител (slúžitel) [masculine] (Macedonian), پیشخدمت (piš-xedmat) (Persian), mordomo [masculine] (Portuguese), somelier [masculine] (Romanian), chelar [masculine] (Romanian), pivnicer [masculine] (Romanian), дворе́цкий (dvoréckij) [masculine] (Russian), sumiller [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), sommelier [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), خانسامان (xānsāmān) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-butler-en-noun-HyED9GD- Disambiguation of Occupations: 11 38 42 9 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 17 32 31 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 31 10 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 32 32 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 19 30 30 21 Disambiguation of 'manservant having charge of wines and liquors': 93 6 1
  2. 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. Categories (topical): Occupations, Stock characters Translations (chief male servant): قَهْرَمَان (qahramān) [masculine] (Arabic), дварэ́цкі (dvarécki) [masculine] (Belarusian), камерды́нер (kamjerdýnjer) [masculine] (Belarusian), мажардо́м (mažardóm) [masculine] (Belarusian), иконо́м (ikonóm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), majordom [masculine] (Catalan), 管家 (guǎnjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 執事 (Chinese Mandarin), 执事 (zhíshì) (Chinese Mandarin), majordomus [masculine] (Czech), butler [common-gender] (Danish), butler [masculine] (Dutch), ĉefservisto (Esperanto), hovimestari (Finnish), majordome [masculine] (French), mordomo [masculine] (Galician), Butler [masculine] (German), αρχιοικονόμος (archioikonómos) [masculine] (Greek), רַב מְשָׁרְתִים (rav meshartim) [masculine] (Hebrew), בֶּן מֶשֶׁק הַבַּיִת (ben meshek habayit) [masculine] (Hebrew), pelayan (Indonesian), maggiordomo [masculine] (Italian), 執事 (shitsuji) (alt: しつじ) (Japanese), 집사 (jipsa) (Korean), prōmus [masculine] (Latin), слу́жител (slúžitel) [masculine] (Macedonian), ба́тлер (bátler) [masculine] (Macedonian), bøtler [masculine] (Norwegian), butler [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), سفرهجی (sofracı) (Ottoman Turkish), kamerdyner [masculine] (Polish), mordomo [masculine] (Portuguese), majordom [masculine] (Romanian), дворе́цкий (dvoréckij) [masculine] (Russian), мажордо́м (mažordóm) [masculine] (Russian), камерди́нер (kamerdíner) [masculine] (Russian), домоправи́тель (domopravítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), buidealair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ба̏тлер [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bȁtler [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mayordomo (Spanish), betjänt [common-gender] (Swedish), butler (english: chiefly of butlers called such in other countries) [common-gender] (Swedish), дворе́цький (dvorécʹkyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), камерди́нер (kamerdýner) [masculine] (Ukrainian), мажордо́м (mažordóm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), quản gia (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-butler-en-noun-aNWcDpLD Disambiguation of Occupations: 11 38 42 9 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 17 32 31 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 31 10 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 32 32 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 19 30 30 21 Disambiguation of 'chief male servant': 3 70 27
  3. A valet, a male personal attendant. Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-butler-en-noun-ZmrvAQkg Disambiguation of Occupations: 11 38 42 9 Disambiguation of People: 0 43 56 0 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 17 32 31 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 31 10 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 32 32 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 19 30 30 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: footman Derived forms: butler café, butler cafe, butler lie, butler steak, buttle (alt: backformation), silent butler Related terms: butt (english: large cask)

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈbʌt.lɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-butler.ogg [US] Forms: butlers [present, singular, third-person], butlering [participle, present], butlered [participle, past], butlered [past]
enPR: bŭtʹ-lər Rhymes: -ʌtlə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|butler}} Middle English butler, {{m|enm|butlere}} butlere, {{m|enm|boteler}} boteler, {{m|enm|botelere}} botelere, {{der|en|fro|buttiler}} Old French buttiler, {{m|fro|butiller}} butiller, {{m|fro|boteillier|t=officer in charge of wine}} boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), {{der|en|ML.|botellārius}} Medieval Latin botellārius, {{af|en|bottle|-er|id2=agent noun}} bottle + -er, {{piecewise doublet|en|bottler}} Piecewise doublet of bottler Head templates: {{en-verb}} butler (third-person singular simple present butlers, present participle butlering, simple past and past participle butlered)
  1. To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler. Categories (topical): Stock characters
    Sense id: en-butler-en-verb-aI45SsHy Disambiguation of Stock characters: 17 32 31 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 31 10 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 32 32 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 19 30 30 21

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} butler c, {{sv-noun|c}} butler c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-zero}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], butler [indefinite, nominative, singular], butlern [definite, nominative, singular], butler [indefinite, nominative, plural], butlerna [definite, nominative, plural], butlers [genitive, indefinite, singular], butlerns [definite, genitive, singular], butlers [genitive, indefinite, plural], butlernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a butler (chief male servant, personal attendant) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-butler-sv-noun-EVzSDT8W Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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        "sort": ""
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "butler#English"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      "name": "bor"
    }
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    {
      "form": "butlers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "butlertje",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ]
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        "Dutch nouns with plural in -s",
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        "Dutch terms derived from English",
        "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Dutch terms with audio links"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A butler (chief male servant of a household; valet; booze manservant)."
      ],
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        [
          "butler",
          "butler#English"
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      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈbʏt.lər/"
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}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English piecewise doublets",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌtlə(ɹ)",
    "en:Occupations",
    "en:People",
    "en:Stock characters"
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    {
      "word": "butler café"
    },
    {
      "word": "butler cafe"
    },
    {
      "word": "butler lie"
    },
    {
      "word": "butler steak"
    },
    {
      "alt": "backformation",
      "word": "buttle"
    },
    {
      "word": "silent butler"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "butler"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English butler",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "butlere"
      },
      "expansion": "butlere",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "boteler"
      },
      "expansion": "boteler",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "botelere"
      },
      "expansion": "botelere",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "buttiler"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "butiller"
      },
      "expansion": "butiller",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "boteillier",
        "t": "officer in charge of wine"
      },
      "expansion": "boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "botellārius"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin botellārius",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bottle",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bottler"
      },
      "expansion": "Piecewise doublet of bottler",
      "name": "piecewise doublet"
    }
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      "form": "butlers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "butler (plural butlers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "english": "large cask",
      "word": "butt"
    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A manservant having charge of wines and liquors."
      ],
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          "manservant"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 2, in Filibuster",
          "text": "“One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …\"",
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        }
      ],
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        "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."
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        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
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        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "household",
          "household"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
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          "personal",
          "personal"
        ]
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "valet",
          "valet"
        ],
        [
          "attendant",
          "attendant"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌt.lɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌtlə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/En-us-butler.ogg/En-us-butler.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/En-us-butler.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "enpr": "bŭtʹ-lər"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "footman"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kabīr ḵadam",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كَبِير خَدَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sommelier"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǎnjiā",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "word": "管家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "word": "男僕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nánpú",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "word": "男仆"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "wdpw",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "word": "W22-W-A1"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "word": "sommelier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sommelier"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sumiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "xānsāmā",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ख़ानसामा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "xānsāmā̃",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ख़ानसामाँ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "costituente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "somurie",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "word": "ソムリエ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "someullie",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "word": "소믈리에"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "slúžitel",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́жител"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "piš-xedmat",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "word": "پیشخدمت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mordomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "somelier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pivnicer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvoréckij",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дворе́цкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sumiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sommelier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xānsāmān",
      "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خانسامان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qahramān",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قَهْرَمَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dvarécki",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дварэ́цкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kamjerdýnjer",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "камерды́нер"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mažardóm",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мажардо́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ikonóm",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "иконо́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majordom"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǎnjiā",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "word": "管家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "word": "執事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhíshì",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "word": "执事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majordomus"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "butler"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "butler"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "word": "ĉefservisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "word": "hovimestari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majordome"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mordomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Butler"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "archioikonómos",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αρχιοικονόμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rav meshartim",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "רַב מְשָׁרְתִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ben meshek habayit",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בֶּן מֶשֶׁק הַבַּיִת"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "word": "pelayan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maggiordomo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しつじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shitsuji",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "word": "執事"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jipsa",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "word": "집사"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prōmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "slúžitel",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́жител"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bátler",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́тлер"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bøtler"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "butler"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sofracı",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "word": "سفرهجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kamerdyner"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mordomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majordom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvoréckij",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дворе́цкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mažordóm",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мажордо́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kamerdíner",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "камерди́нер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "domopravítelʹ",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "домоправи́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buidealair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба̏тлер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bȁtler"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "word": "mayordomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "betjänt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "chiefly of butlers called such in other countries",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "butler"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dvorécʹkyj",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дворе́цький"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kamerdýner",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "камерди́нер"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mažordóm",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мажордо́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "chief male servant",
      "word": "quản gia"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Butler (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "butler"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
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    "English piecewise doublets",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
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    "en:People",
    "en:Stock characters"
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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        "1": "fro",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "botellārius"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin botellārius",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "name": "af"
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        "2": "bottler"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler.",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butlered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butlered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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    "but‧ler"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler."
      ],
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          "buttle"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌt.lɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌtlə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "bŭtʹ-lər"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Butler (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "butler"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-zero",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butlern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butlerna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butlers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butlerns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butlers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butlernas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "butler c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
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      "name": "sv-noun"
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-zero"
    }
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish common-gender nouns",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a butler (chief male servant, personal attendant)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "butler",
          "butler#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "butler"
}

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