different between sutler vs butler

English

Etymology

From Dutch soeteler (modern zoetelaar).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?tl?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?tl??/
• Rhymes: -?tl?(?)

Noun

sutler (plural sutlers)

1. A person who follows an army, selling provisions.

Derived terms

• sutlership

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Ulster, lurest, luster, lustre, luters, result, rulest, rustle, truels, ulster

English

Etymology

From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botell?rius, equivalent to bottle +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?t.l?(?)/
• (US) enPR: b?t?-l?r, IPA^(key): /?b?t.l?/
• Rhymes: -?tl?(?)
• Hyphenation: but?ler

Noun

butler (plural butlers)

1. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
2. 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.
3. A valet, a male personal attendant.

Derived terms

• buttle (backformation)

Related terms

• butt (large cask)

Translations

Verb

butler (third-person singular simple present butlers, present participle butlering, simple past and past participle butlered)

1. To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

References

Anagrams

• turbel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English butler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?t.l?r/
• Hyphenation: but?ler

Noun

butler m (plural butlers, diminutive butlertje n)

1. A butler (chief male servant of a household; valet; booze manservant).