butlership en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English buttlershipe, equivalent to butler + -ship.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The rank, office, or position of a butler.
A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.
1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| butlerships | Number=Plur | lexicographic |