butlership

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noun

The rank, office, or position of a butler.

OriginMiddle English buttlershipe →
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Meanings

nounbutlership (countable and uncountable, plural butlerships)

plural butlerships

  1. countableuncountableThe rank, office, or position of a butler.

    A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.

    1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
butlerhood

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbuttlershipe
  2. Englishbutlership

From Middle English buttlershipe, equivalent to butler + -ship.

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APA

butlership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butlership

MLA

“butlership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butlership. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butlership,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butlership.

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