ETYM Old Eng. boteler, French bouteillier a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, from Late Lat. buticularius, from buticula bottle. Related to Bottle a hollow vessel.
A manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table; SYN. pantryman.

(“Rab”), Baron Butler (1902-1982) British Conservative politician. As minister of education 1941–45, he was responsible for the 1944 Education Act; he was chancellor of the Exchequer 1951–55, Lord Privy Seal 1955–59, and foreign minister 1963–64. As a candidate for the prime ministership, he was defeated by Harold Macmillan in 1957 (under whom he was home secretary 1957–62), and by Alec Douglas Home in 1963. + prikaži više

(17th century) (1612-1680) English satirist. His poem Hudibras, published in three parts 1663, 1664, and 1678, became immediately popular for its biting satire against the Puritans.(19th century) (1835-1902)
English author. He made his name 1872 with a satiric attack on contemporary utopianism, Erewhon (nowhere reversed), but is now remembered for his autobiographical The Way of All Flesh written 1872–85 and published 1903. + prikaži više