boteler

See also: Boteler

Middle English

Alternative forms

butler, butlere, botelere, botyler

Etymology

From Old French butiller.

Noun

boteler (plural botelers)

butler (servant)
- c. 1380, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe's Bible:
  For Y was the boteler of the kyng.
  For he was the butler of the king.

Descendants

English: Boteler, butler

References

“botelē̆r, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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