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"word": "дворе́цкий" }, { "_dis1": "93 6 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "sumiller" }, { "_dis1": "93 6 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors", "tags": [ "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "sommelier" }, { "_dis1": "93 6 1", "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "xānsāmān", "sense": "manservant having charge of wines and liquors", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "خانسامان" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "25 31 10 34", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "17 32 32 19", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "parents": [ "Entries with topic categories using raw markup", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "19 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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. …\"", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "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." ], "id": "en-butler-en-noun-aNWcDpLD", "links": [ [ "chief", "chief" ], [ "male", "male" ], [ "servant", "servant" ], [ "household", "household" ], [ "charge", "charge" ], [ "personal", "personal" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "qahramān", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "قَهْرَمَان" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "dvarécki", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "дварэ́цкі" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": 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"tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "majordomus" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "butler" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "butler" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "chief male servant", "word": "ĉefservisto" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "chief male servant", "word": "hovimestari" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "majordome" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "mordomo" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Butler" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": 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"sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "prōmus" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "slúžitel", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "слу́жител" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "bátler", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ба́тлер" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bøtler" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "butler" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "sofracı", "sense": "chief male servant", "word": "سفرهجی" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "kamerdyner" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": 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27", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "masculine" ], "word": "ба̏тлер" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "Roman", "masculine" ], "word": "bȁtler" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "chief male servant", "word": "mayordomo" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "betjänt" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "sv", "english": "chiefly of butlers called such in other countries", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "butler" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "dvorécʹkyj", "sense": "chief male servant", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "дворе́цький" }, { "_dis1": "3 70 27", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "kamerdýner", "sense": "chief male servant", 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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": 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