servant out of livery

noun

A domestic servant of a higher grade, such as a majordomo or butler.

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Meanings

nounservant out of livery (plural servants out of livery)

plural servants out of livery

  1. historicalA domestic servant of a higher grade, such as a majordomo or butler.

    In the great houses, servants out of livery help to the different plats, servants in livery holding the dishes, sauces, etc., and changing the plates.

    1837, James Fenimore Cooper, Gleanings in Europe: England
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