Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun butler

3 senses of butler

Sense 1
butler, pantryman -- (a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table)
       => manservant -- (a man servant)

Sense 2
Butler, Samuel Butler -- (English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 3
Butler, Samuel Butler -- (English poet (1612-1680))
       INSTANCE OF=> poet -- (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))