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
The Grotto, a secluded oasis complete with jacuzzi jets, offers personalized champagne service at the touch of a button (every pool guest has a button box which can be used to call over a server or butler).
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Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Top 5 Can’t Miss Overwater bungalows are just the start at the brand-new Sandals St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where next-level culinary offerings and suites with butler service set a new island standard.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
The resort will open in the late summer of 2025 with a rooftop zen deck, oceanfront pool and beach butler service.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
This exclusive, multi-deck area in the front of the ship features a slew of perks, including its own concierge service, high-end restaurant, lounge and bar, pool, hot tubs, private embarkation areas, butler service, and an all-inclusive premium drinks package.
—Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 26 Dec. 2024
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Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Top 5 Can’t Miss Overwater bungalows are just the start at the brand-new Sandals St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where next-level culinary offerings and suites with butler service set a new island standard.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
The resort will open in the late summer of 2025 with a rooftop zen deck, oceanfront pool and beach butler service.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
This exclusive, multi-deck area in the front of the ship features a slew of perks, including its own concierge service, high-end restaurant, lounge and bar, pool, hot tubs, private embarkation areas, butler service, and an all-inclusive premium drinks package.
—Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 26 Dec. 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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The letter was included in an emergency request filed late Monday with Cannon by lawyers for Trump’s codefendants in the documents case, Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira.Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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The first video shows the Tesla Cybertruck slowly leaving the hotel’s valet area earlier in the morning, while the second video is taken from inside the hotel and shows the truck exploding, sending flames and fireworks into the air.Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
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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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The 30-year-old has been a great Liverpool club servant but looks a little worse for wear this season.Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Harrison is a student with a true servant attitude, always taking care of everyone around before himself.Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 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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Both families often chip in, and the bride and groom will often help as well.Virginia Van Zanten, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
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The former bandmates took silly pictures in the photo booth, sang their hearts out on the dance floor, and snuck selfies with the bride and groom.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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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 20 Jan. 2025.
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