boteler

See also: Boteler

Middle English

Alternative forms

• butler, butlere, botelere, botyler

Etymology

From Old French butiller.

Noun

boteler (plural botelers)

1. 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.