butler:

(also ‘pantryman’; plural: ‘butlers‘)

a head or chief man-servant of a large rich house, usually taking care of wine and food and, acting as in charge of the other servants,

a butler

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In the past most British households had at least one butler, usually an educated and well-mannered man who knew how to behave with guests.

Family butlers are the most trusted people in the world because they know the very minute and intimate personal matters of their masters and mistresses. However, there have been numerous cases where butlers with long years of service killed their masters and mistresses for their money.

These days some luxury hotels provide guests with personal assistants to run their business affairs and personal butlers and valets for their other needs!

There are institutions that teach willing candidates the art of cooking and house keeping, and for those who wish to go into the career of a butler at hotels and spas, they give special courses.

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Note: ‘Butler’, always with a capital ‘B’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Catherine Butler, Gerard Butler, Murray Butler, etc.

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