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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
Marsa’s butlers are trained by the British Butler Academy, but there’s no stuffiness here.
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Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
As of summer 2025, the hotel also welcomed the new Villa La Guettière, a private nine-bedroom retreat serviced by a team of private butlers and a chef.
—Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 20 Jan. 2026
Airport arrivals involved a motorcade, with a luggage van, a car for the pugs, and butlers, who escorted the dogs onto the waiting private jets.
—Matt Tyrnauer, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026
Currently, career nannies, ROTA (rotational) nannies, laundresses, chefs, butlers, estate managers, and personal assistants are being heavily sought after.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The villas are serviced 24/7 by a team of butlers and concierges and feature entertainment and dining rooms, as well as floor-to-ceiling windows with panoramic city views.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
Suites come with butlers who are happy to unpack for you, press your trousers, and bring snacks.
—Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
Usher is a role akin to a general manager of the building, overseeing everything from food service to construction and managing a staff of about 90, including butlers, maids, housekeepers, chefs, curators and engineers.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
There are lounges with hot dogs on rollers, lounges with pedicurists, and lounges with personal butlers.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2025
Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
As of summer 2025, the hotel also welcomed the new Villa La Guettière, a private nine-bedroom retreat serviced by a team of private butlers and a chef.
—Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 20 Jan. 2026
Airport arrivals involved a motorcade, with a luggage van, a car for the pugs, and butlers, who escorted the dogs onto the waiting private jets.
—Matt Tyrnauer, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026
Currently, career nannies, ROTA (rotational) nannies, laundresses, chefs, butlers, estate managers, and personal assistants are being heavily sought after.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The villas are serviced 24/7 by a team of butlers and concierges and feature entertainment and dining rooms, as well as floor-to-ceiling windows with panoramic city views.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
Suites come with butlers who are happy to unpack for you, press your trousers, and bring snacks.
—Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
Usher is a role akin to a general manager of the building, overseeing everything from food service to construction and managing a staff of about 90, including butlers, maids, housekeepers, chefs, curators and engineers.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
There are lounges with hot dogs on rollers, lounges with pedicurists, and lounges with personal butlers.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for butlers
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But what will inevitably be first in the conversation is the sequence in which two servants engage in rough role-play in a barn.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2026
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The script also stirs in a BDSM tryst between two servants in a stable.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Even the housekeepers know what to look out for.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Feb. 2026
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King also said in recent years the hospital doubled the number of housekeepers per shift in its emergency department, and also increased the number of its emergency department transporters by 2%.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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But Season Four takes viewers to lower-class settings like the bars where scullery maids and footmen relax, the markets where house staff shop, even the secret drawing rooms where servants eat their breakfast and discuss town gossip.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
2 Feb. 2026
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In Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s, a young white woman teams up with two Black maids to document the realities of domestic work in segregated households.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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They are no longer seen solely as operators or stewards of capital.—
Alan H.H. Fleischmann,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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The agency is working to follow state procurement rules and be good stewards of funding that could amount to about $1 billion over five years, Reed said.—
Jillian Taylor,
StateImpact,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Kelly’s lackeys dropped off meals, often delivered with a specific code knock on the door.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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Government institutions run by lackeys are also more easily manipulated by autocratic leaders, and no longer serve the public interest.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Regulars get the same attendant from visit to visit and treat them like family retainers.—
Tom Sietsema,
Washington Post,
17 Jan. 2026
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Most of the contracts are retainers — with the lobbying firms receiving an equal payment each quarter.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Butlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butlers. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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