Home › Words › B › butleragebutleragebutlerage means A duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every ton of wine imported into England by foreign merchants.EtymologyFrom butler + -age.nounA duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every ton of wine imported into England by foreign merchants.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.butler 69% match — A manservant having charge of wines and liquors. vs butlerage →butlerly 61% match — Befitting a butler. vs butlerage →buttle 61% match — To serve as or perform the duties of a butler. vs butlerage →butlership 60% match — The rank, office, or position of a butler. vs butlerage →butlerdom 59% match — The status or sphere of butlers. vs butlerage →burgage 58% match — A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town, and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding. vs butlerage →butlerlike 57% match — Resembling or characteristic of a butler. vs butlerage →archbutler 57% match — A head or chief butler vs butlerage →