butler
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He starred as the butler Wadsworth in 1985’s “Clue.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I kind of think of myself as the butler of downtown,” said Hal Bastian, 65, who has lived in the neighborhood for three decades and is known to many as “Mr. Downtown L.A.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026
"We arrange everything for them: flowers, candles, photographer, dinner with a private butler," said Melanie Tessier, its guest relations manager.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
But there are also glimpses of a life of privilege, as the same email mentions she's in the south of France with the "perfect butler".
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
“I mean, do you want him to be tall, dark, fair, a butler, a merchant?”
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
Folks once eager for the butlers of the future are now wary of potential attackers and job thieves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The investor story is not robot butlers or science-fiction spectacle — it is production costs.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
A battalion of chefs, butlers and drivers catering to the smallest of whims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
Tributes were also paid to Kaveporn Punpare, who had a young daughter and was one of several butlers employed by Mr Vichai.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025
The great butlers are great by virtue of their ability to inhabit their professional role and inhabit it to the utmost; they will not be shaken out by external events, however surprising, alarming or vexing.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
