as in manservant
a man employed in in the home of a wealthy person to perform various personal services and to be in charge of other household employees
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Recent Examples of butler
For those prepared to pay, the varied accommodation options within Yacht Club all come with 24-hour butler service.
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David Nikel, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Some of the stand-out amenities include a shuttle service with routes into town and the Aspen airport, a heated salt-water pool and hot tub, and ski butler service.
—Will Porter, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
Ensemble members, in black-and-white streetwear, carry cameras mounted on Steadicam frames, shooting live closeups of the main characters: Scherzinger’s Norma; the screenwriter Joe (Tom Francis); and Max (David Thaxton), Norma’s butler and chief enabler.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
Each Queens Grill suite comes with a butler, niceties inside the suites, and special tables at the exclusive Queens Grill Restaurant and other events.
—Heather Steinberger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
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David Nikel, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Some of the stand-out amenities include a shuttle service with routes into town and the Aspen airport, a heated salt-water pool and hot tub, and ski butler service.
—Will Porter, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
Ensemble members, in black-and-white streetwear, carry cameras mounted on Steadicam frames, shooting live closeups of the main characters: Scherzinger’s Norma; the screenwriter Joe (Tom Francis); and Max (David Thaxton), Norma’s butler and chief enabler.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
Each Queens Grill suite comes with a butler, niceties inside the suites, and special tables at the exclusive Queens Grill Restaurant and other events.
—Heather Steinberger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butler
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The show is sharpest when its sights are fixed on Norma and Joe, and also on the looming figure of Norma’s manservant and eternal enabler, Max.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
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The dialogue is witty and the characters are memorable, particularly Boris Karloff as hulking manservant Morgan.Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
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Parking costs $35 per car for self parking; valet costs $120 per car.Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Christmas Gifts $50 & Under Provide dedicated bedside parking for the bibliophile on your list with the Book Nook reading valet from Uncommon Goods.Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
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Instead of facing what Alondra is saying, Yasmin strides out of the room and instructs Henry Muck’s footman to fire the secretary.Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
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Bennett gained some experience at Buckingham Palace as a part-time footman (a lower-ranking role) before quitting the force.Peter Rubin, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024
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Some of them treat them kind of like servants, some of them are very respectful, and some of them make friends.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Money will cease to be the master and become the servant of humanity.Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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His mother moved the family to Malden, W.Va., where Washington worked as a salt packer, coal miner and houseboy.Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
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Between this new doc, the premiere of Porsha Williams’s new spinoff, the new season of RHOC, Nicki Minaj hosting the RHOP reunion, the RHOM trailer, and the finale of Winter House, the Institute is busier than Andy Cohen’s houseboy during a holiday weekend.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
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Wilson Medina works two jobs: as a houseman at the Sheraton Universal Hotel and as a mechanic.Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
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Each comes with a personal houseman who helps attune every meal and experience to each guest’s tastes.Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2023
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The bride and groom arrived at the castle a week early to prepare the property for their nuptials.Shelby Wax, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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The only person that understood him truly would've been the groom at Helwater, Jamie Fraser.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Fresh off his San Vicente Bungalows run, Dimitri Dimitrov was back on hand as Tower Bar’s majordomo.Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2024
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Alfred Molina, Ving Rhames, Toby Jones, and Paul Walter Hauser all drop by to add their touches to an underworld majordomo, a dogged BPD Special Ops officer, a political toady and Boston’s single dumbest thug, respectively.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Butler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butler. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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