Talk:butler

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Boteler[edit]

I can't find the reference but I think there was a reference to Boteler in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Can somebody correct me please? --Kittybriton 21:45, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removed from entry[edit]

Usage notes[edit]

The usage of butler to refer to a personal attendant is commonplace, though historically inaccurate. Traditionally and strictly speaking, a butler is the chief of household staff, not the personal attendant.

I don't think these are usage notes. What's more, yes, meanings of words/terms do change over time. This just comes across like POV-pushing, an "in my opinion" thing. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:31, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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