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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

집사 노릇을 하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jipsa noruseul hada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Buttle/ˈbʌt.əl/
verbCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #28400 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 저택에서 집사 노릇을 했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To act as a butler; to perform the duties or service of a butler.

    "He spent the summer season trying to buttle for the wealthy estate owners."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived as a back-formation from butler, originating in Middle English from Old French botiller, meaning an officer in charge of the wine cellar. Over time, it developed into a rare, informal verb denoting the act of performing the duties of a butler.

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