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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 butlers
Luxury safaris These lodges usually start around $600 per person per day and provide luxurious accommodations, private game safaris, gourmet meals and personalized services like private guides and butlers.
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Harriet Akinyi, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Luxurious amenities like a dedicated cinema room, wine cellar and infinity pool overlooking the plains are all in place for visitors to enjoy, while on-staff butlers, chefs and wildlife guides are all at-the-ready to ensure that no need goes unmet.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The installation has now reopened, with champagne served by male butlers available to its female viewers.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Servicing all the suites are two butlers who can handle all of the guests' requests, from unpacking suitcases to spa bookings to laundry service.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
Dress in shades of soft sand and palm green for the scene at the Harborside Pool Club, where butlers deliver pitchers of rum punch to private cabanas; come sundown, glam things up with a flash of gold or pearls.
—Charlotte Davey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
But in general, the riad experience is about culture, welcome, beauty and intimacy more than butlers and creature comforts.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Harriet Akinyi, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Luxurious amenities like a dedicated cinema room, wine cellar and infinity pool overlooking the plains are all in place for visitors to enjoy, while on-staff butlers, chefs and wildlife guides are all at-the-ready to ensure that no need goes unmet.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The installation has now reopened, with champagne served by male butlers available to its female viewers.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Servicing all the suites are two butlers who can handle all of the guests' requests, from unpacking suitcases to spa bookings to laundry service.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
Dress in shades of soft sand and palm green for the scene at the Harborside Pool Club, where butlers deliver pitchers of rum punch to private cabanas; come sundown, glam things up with a flash of gold or pearls.
—Charlotte Davey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
But in general, the riad experience is about culture, welcome, beauty and intimacy more than butlers and creature comforts.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Butlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butlers. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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