As proper nouns the difference between butler and stewart
is that butler is {{surname|A=An English and Irish occupational surname for someone who was a butler or wine servant|from=Middle English} while Stewart is {{surname|Scottish|from=occupations}.
As a noun butler
is a manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
As a verb butler
is to buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
butler
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
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.
* 1929 , Baldwyn Dyke Acland, Filibuster , Chapter 2
*:“One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler' and three to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …"
A valet, a male personal attendant.
Derived terms
* buttle (backformation)
Verb
(en verb)
To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
References
stewart
English
Related terms
* (surnames) Stuart (Scots), Steward (English); patronyms Stewartson, Stewardson.
* (given name variant) Stuart
* (diminutives of the given name) Stew, Stewie, Stu
Anagrams
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