butler

«butler» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the chief male servant in a large, rich house, who looks… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a butler, butlers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A butler is the chief male servant in a large, rich house, who looks after the wine, the dining room and the other servants. tree →

2) Butler is also a surname. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Pharaoh's court, the butler was the officer who served the king's wine and cup. The chief butler was in prison with Joseph. Interpretation: The rabbis said the butler's forgetting Joseph meant Joseph had to wait two more years, because he had trusted a man instead of God. In the primary lessons: In stories and films butlers open doors, serve meals and are often polite and calm; in mystery stories people joke «the butler did it». In history lessons pupils learn about servants in big country houses.

examples

• Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him. (Torah GEN.40.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying: 'I make mention of my faults this day: (Torah GEN.41.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. (Torah GEN.40.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• The butler opened the front door and bowed. tree →
• In the old house, the butler served dinner. tree →
• Everyone in the mystery suspected the butler. tree →
• The butler polished all the silver. tree →
• Batman's butler is called Alfred. tree →
• The family no longer had a butler. tree →
• Then, clapping her hands, she summoned the chief butler. tree →

note

Few homes have butlers today. A woman in charge of the servants was usually a «housekeeper».

In the corpora

• And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
• And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
• Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.
• Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying: 'I make mention of my faults this day:
• And the passage comes up under the butler's pantry, right next to the dining-hall!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «butler» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.