But'ler, n.

n. [Fr. bouteillier, boutillier, a bottle-bearer, a cup-bearer, L. Lat. buticularius, from Fr. bouteille, L. Lat. buticula (A-S. byrel, byre, butler). See BOTTLE.] A servant or officer in a household, whose principal business is to take charge of the liquors, plate, &c. Fie, daughter! when my old wife lived, upon This day, she was both pantler, butler, cook. Shak.