Majordomo vs. Butler

Majordomonoun

The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.

Butlernoun

A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.

Majordomonoun

A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate.

Butlernoun

The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.

Majordomonoun

Any overseer, organizer, person in command.

Butlernoun

A valet, a male personal attendant.

Majordomo

A majordomo is a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another. Typically, this is the highest (major) person of a household (domūs or domicile) staff, a head servant who acts on behalf of the owner of a large or significant residence.

Butlerverb

To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

Butlernoun

An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.

‘The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt.’; ‘Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad.’;

Butlernoun

a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table

Butlernoun

the chief manservant of a house.

Butler

A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry.