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butlerage

noun

Etymology

From butler + -age.

  1. derived from botellārius
  2. derived from buttiler
  3. inherited from butler
  4. suffixed as butlerage — “butler + age”

Definitions

  1. A duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every ton of wine imported into England by…

    A duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every ton of wine imported into England by foreign merchants.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA