butler

Other forms of butler

plural

butlers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about butler

What does butler mean?

butler means "a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in butler?

butler has 2 syllables: but-ler. The stress falls on "but". In IPA it is /ˈbʌtlɚ/.

What is another word for butler?

Close synonyms include pantryman, Samuel Butler, Samuel Butler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is butler a common word?

butler is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.