Butler
A butler is a male domestic worker in a large household with several employees.
The butler is the chief servant, responsible for the day-to-day management of the house and the other servants.[1] In a traditional house the butler, who is always male,[2] directs the male servants, while a housekeeper, a woman, directs the female servants. Traditionally, male servants (such as valets and footmen) were better paid and of higher status than female servants.
Butler Media
A butler in the White House Butler's Pantry.
In a large house, the butler (centre-left) is traditionally head over a full array of household servants. This is the servant staff at the Stonehouse Hill of Massachusetts, the estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames, 1914.
Glanusk Park in Powys, U.K., in 1891. The residence had 17 servants in residence. The largest stately houses could have 40 or more.
References
- ↑ Post, Emily (2007). Emily Post's Etiquette. Echo Library. ISBN 1-4068-1215-3.
- ↑ Butler's Guild
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