BUT'LER, noun A servant or officer in the houses of princes and great men, whose principal business is to take charge of the liquors, place, etc. Formerly, an officer in the court of France, being the same as the grand echanson or great cup-bearer of the present times.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.