Butler \But"ler\, n. [OE. boteler, F. bouteillier a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, fr. LL. buticularius, fr. buticula bottle. See Bottle a hollow vessel.]

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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)