Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
BUTLER
butler, pantryman
(noun) a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
Butler, Samuel Butler
(noun) English poet (1612-1680)
Butler, Samuel Butler
(noun) English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Butler (plural Butlers)
A surname.
An English and Irish occupational surname for someone who was a butler or wine servant.
An Anglicized form of the French Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier surname of similar derivation.
A placename
A location in the United States of America
A town, the county seat of Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.
A populated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
A ghost town in Fresno County, California, United States.
A small city, the county seat of Taylor County, Georgia, United States.
A small village in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States.
A small city in DeKalb County, Indiana, United States.
A home rule city in Pendleton County, Kentucky, United States.
An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
A city, the county seat of Bates County, Missouri, United States.
A borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
A town in Wayne County, New York, United States.
A village in Richland County, Ohio, United States.
A town in Custer County, Oklahoma, United States.
A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States.
A city, the county seat of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A tiny town in Day County, South Dakota, United States.
An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Tennessee, United States.
An unincorporated community in Freestone County, Texas, United States.
An unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.
A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.
A location in Canada
An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
A location in Australia
A locality in South Australia, Australia.
An outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Ellipsis of Butler County.
Ellipsis of Butler River.
Anagrams
• turbel
Etymology
Noun
butler (plural butlers)
A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
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.
A valet, a male personal attendant.
Verb
butler (third-person singular simple present butlers, present participle butlering, simple past and past participle butlered)
To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
Anagrams
• turbel
Source: Wiktionary
But"ler, n. Etym: [OE. boteler, F. bouteillier a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, fr. LL. buticularius, fr. buticula bottle. See Bottle a hollow vessel.]
Definition: An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house. The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt. Gen. xl. 5. Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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