Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of a butler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of a butler.
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- noun The rank or office of a
butler .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Genesis 40. 1999
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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For once, and once only, in the long course of his butlership did the placid and unmoved calm of his manner entirely desert Jessop.
Antony Gray,—Gardener Leslie Moore
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into
Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes
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In England, as superintendent of the importation of wine, a duty was payable to him (see BUTLERAGE AND PRISAGE); the butlership of Ireland,
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Henri, who before Alice conferred a full-fledged butlership upon him in his old age was since his youth a stage-carpenter at the Théâtre
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature Richard Green Moulton 1886
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
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