how to pronounce butler

/ˈbʌtlɚ/

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butler is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of butler in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you great great values from Butler that …”

meanings of butler

name:

An Anglicized form of the French Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier surname of similar derivation.
A location in the United States of America.
An English and Irish occupational surname, for someone who was a butler or wine servant.
A surname.
A placename.
Ellipsis of Butler River.
Ellipsis of Butler County.
A location in Australia.
A location in Canada.

noun:

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.
A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.

verb:

To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

butler frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word butler occurs in english on average 7.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics butler can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that butler can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;