Butler
Occupational family name
Butler is a common English surname, originally an occupational name for someone who served as a butler or managed wine cellars.
Notable bearers include the novelist Samuel Butler and basketball star Jimmy Butler.
It also names places: Butler County appears in several U.S. states, and Butler University is in Indianapolis. (Lowercase butler is the household servant.)
Downton Abbey
British period drama series
- North JerseyNewark, Paterson, Elizabeth, Passaic, Bayonne
- Northeast IndianaFort Wayne, New Haven, Huntington, Auburn, Decatur
- classic sci-fiAsimov, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Clarke, Ray Bradbury
- surnamesSmith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones
- Big EastGeorgetown, Villanova, UConn, St. John's, Providence
- EthicistsAristotle, Kant, Immanuel Kant, Bentham, Mill
domestic service hierarchy
Butlermaster
Authority or controller
lord · employer · lady of the house · master of the house · mistress
social class/status
Butleraristocrat
Person of noble birth
nobleman · lord · landed gentry · socialite · elite
- butler did it
- butler's pantryHousehold service staging room
- Rhett ButlerSouthern gentleman antihero
- robot butlerAutomated domestic service machine
- butler pantryHousehold service storage room
- butler serviceProfessional household staff assistance