Butler vs Servent - What's the difference?

butler | servent |


As a proper noun butler

is .

As a noun servent is

(internet) a peer-to-peer network node which has the functionality of both server and client.

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

    servent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet) A peer-to-peer network node which has the functionality of both server and client.
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