Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BUT'LER, n. [Fr. bouteillier, from bouteille, a bottle, that is, the bottler; Ir. buitleir, a butler, from buidel, boide, a bottle.]

A servant or officer in the houses of princes and great men, whose principal business is to take charge of the liquors, plate, &c. Formerly, an officer in the court of France, being the same as the grand echanson or great cup-bearer of the present times. – Encyc.