boteler
See also: Boteler
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French butiller.
Noun edit
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 edit
References edit
- “botelē̆r, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.