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.
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