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{{Subpages}} {{Image|White House Butlers Pantry - c2002.jpg|right|340px|A butler in the [[White House]] Butler's Pantry.}} A '''butler''' is a senior [[Servant (domestic)|servant]] in a well-to-do [[household]]. The position and its precursors have existed for centuries and have evolved over time. In the [[great house]]s of the past, the household was generally divided into areas of responsibility, with the butler in charge of the dining room, the [[wine cellar]], pantry, and sometimes the entire main floor, while a [[housekeeper]] was in charge of the house as a whole and its appearance.<ref name="emilypost">{{cite book | title=Emily Post's Etiquette| last=Post| first=Emily| date=2007| publisher=Echo Library| id=ISBN 1406812153}}</ref> <ref>Housekeepers are occasionally portrayed in literature as being the most senior staff member and even as making recommendations for the hiring of the butler. 18th-century housekeepers sometimes did earn extra money by giving tours of the great house, a fact depicted in Jane Austen's ''Pride and Prejudice''.</ref> In modern usage the butler is in charge of food service, wine, spirits, and [[silver (household)|silver]], supervises other servants, and may perform a wide array of household management duties. Butlers may also be titled ''Majordomo'', ''Butler Administrator'', ''Staff Manager'', and ''Head of Household Staff'', and in the grandest homes or when the employer owns more than one residence, there is sometimes an Estate Manager of higher rank than the butler.

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