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A butler is a domestic worker in a large household. [1]

151 relations: Absinthe, African Americans, Alan Bates, Alfred Pennyworth, Alonzo Fields, Angus Hudson, Anthony Hopkins, Artemis Fowl, Asia, Barrel, Batman, Batman franchise media, Benson (TV series), Black Butler, Blandings Castle, Book of Genesis, Booker Prize, Buckingham Palace, Catchphrase, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chauffeur, Chief of staff, China, Chrono Crusade, Clothing, Clue (film), Cockney, Confederate States of America, Contemporary art, Cyrus Redding, David Arquette, Diana, Princess of Wales, Dining room, Discworld, Domestic worker, Downton Abbey, Dracula, Edmund Blackadder, Edwin Jarvis, English language, Etiquette, Eugene Allen, Film, Footman, Gardenscapes, George (Blackadder), Globalization, Gosford Park, Grant Harrold, Great house, ..., Hall boy, Hayate the Combat Butler, Henry Green, Historical period drama, Hogarth's Servants, Household, Household silver, Housekeeper (domestic worker), Housekeeping, Hugh Edgar, Indentured servitude, India, Informal attire, Iron Man, Isabella Beeton, It's Higgins, Sir, Ivor Spencer, J. M. Barrie, Jeeves, Joseph (Genesis), Kazuo Ishiguro, Lara Croft, Leslie Bartlett, Linda Howard, List of Hayate the Combat Butler characters, List of The Nanny characters, List of Umineko When They Cry characters, Literature, Livery, Loving (novel), Lurch (The Addams Family), Maid, Majordomo, Mark Stock, Marlinspike Hall, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Mayo Chiki!, Medieval Latin, Melodrama, Middle Ages, Middle East, Middle English, Mr. Belvedere, Nestor (comics), Old French, Our Man Higgins, P. G. Wodehouse, Painting, Pantry, Paul Burrell, Performing arts, Personal assistant, Petroleum, Plot device, Portrait, Potboiler, Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, Prince regent, Puyo Puyo Fever 2, Richie Rich (comics), Robert Roberts (butler), Role, Sam Vimes, San Francisco, Sarong, Sebastian Beach, Sherman Brothers, Slavery, Soap (TV series), Social class, Social history, Stock character, Technology, Terry Pratchett, The Addams Family, The Admirable Crichton, The Adventures of Tintin, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Edwardian Country House, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Happiest Millionaire, The Nanny, The New Yorker, The Remains of the Day, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Theatre, Toastmaster, Tomb Raider, Tommy Steele, Umineko When They Cry, United Kingdom, United States, Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series), Valet, Veronica Lodge, Whodunit, Whodunnit? (2013 U.S. TV series), William Hogarth, Wine cellar, World War II, 3D film. Expand index (101 more) »

Absinthe

Absinthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic (45–74% ABV / 90–148 U.S. proof) beverage.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Alan Bates

Sir Alan Arthur Bates, (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from the popular children's story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving.

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Alfred Pennyworth

Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, most commonly in association with the superhero Batman.

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Alonzo Fields

Alonzo Fields (1900–1994)Sam Stiegler, "When Speaking About Me, 'Don’t Talk too Long and Don’t Tell the Truth': A Biography of Mr.

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Angus Hudson

Angus Hudson is a fictional character from the ITV drama Upstairs, Downstairs, portrayed by actor Gordon Jackson from 1971 until 1975.

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Anthony Hopkins

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937), better known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor, widely considered to be one of the world's greatest living actors.

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Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl is a series of eight science fiction fantasy novels written by Irish author Eoin Colfer, featuring the criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Barrel

A barrel, cask, or tun is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wooden staves bound by wooden or metal hoops.

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Batman

Batman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Batman franchise media

Since his first appearance in 1939, Batman has been adapted into such media as film, radio, television, and video games, as well as numerous merchandising items.

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Benson (TV series)

Benson is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 13, 1979, to April 19, 1986.

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Black Butler

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso.

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Blandings Castle

Blandings Castle is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the seat of Lord Emsworth (Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth), home to many of his family and the setting for numerous tales and adventures.

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Book of Genesis

The Book of Genesis (from the Latin Vulgate, in turn borrowed or transliterated from Greek "", meaning "Origin"; בְּרֵאשִׁית, "Bərēšīṯ", "In beginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh) and the Old Testament.

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Booker Prize

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize and commonly known simply as the Booker Prize) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the UK.

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Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.

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Catchphrase

A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance.

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Charles, Prince of Wales

Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Chauffeur

A chauffeur is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or limousine.

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Chief of staff

The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide-de-camp to an important individual, such as a president or a senior military officer.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chrono Crusade

Chrono Crusade, originally known in Japan as, due to a typo, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Moriyama.

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Clothing

Clothing (also known as clothes and attire) is a collective term for garments, items worn on the body.

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Clue (film)

Clue is a 1985 American ensemble mystery comedy film based on the board game of the same name.

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Cockney

The term cockney has had several distinct geographical, social, and linguistic associations.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Contemporary art

Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the late 20th century or in the 21st century.

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Cyrus Redding

Cyrus Redding (1785, Cornwall - 1870) was a British journalist and wine writer.

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David Arquette

David Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, fashion designer, and professional wrestler.

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Diana, Princess of Wales

Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family.

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Dining room

A dining room is a room for consuming food.

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Discworld

Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), set on the fictional Discworld, a flat disc balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin.

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Domestic worker

A domestic worker, domestic helper, domestic servant, manservant or menial, is a person who works within the employer's household.

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Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey is a historical period drama television series set in England in the early 20th century, created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece.

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Dracula

Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.

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Edmund Blackadder

Edmund Blackadder is the single name given to a collection of fictional characters who appear in the BBC mock-historical comedy series Blackadder, each played by Rowan Atkinson.

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Edwin Jarvis

Edwin Jarvis is a supporting character in the Marvel Comics titles Iron Man, The Avengers and Spider-Man.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Etiquette

Etiquette is a code of behavior that delineates expectations for social behavior according to contemporary conventional norms within a society, social class, or group.

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Eugene Allen

Eugene Allen (July 14, 1919 – March 31, 2010) was an American waiter and butler who worked for the US government at the White House for 34 years until he retired as the head butler in 1986.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Footman

A footman or footboy is a male domestic worker.

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Gardenscapes

Gardenscapes is a free-to-play game released by Playrix in August 2016.

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George (Blackadder)

George is a supporting character who appeared in various adaptations of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, played by Hugh Laurie.

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Globalization

Globalization or globalisation is the process of interaction and integration between people, companies, and governments worldwide.

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Gosford Park

Gosford Park is a 2001 British mystery film directed by Robert Altman and written by Julian Fellowes.

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Grant Harrold

Grant William Veitch Harrold (born 1978 in Airdrie, Scotland) also known as The Royal Butler, 'Britain's Official Etiquette Expert' is a butler and advisor to various members of the British Royal Family and other notable people and celebrities.

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Great house

A great house is a large house or mansion with luxurious appointments and great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff.

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Hall boy

The hall boy or hallboy was the lowest ranked male domestic worker on the staff of a great house.

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Hayate the Combat Butler

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata.

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Henry Green

Henry Green was the pen name of Henry Vincent Yorke (29 October 1905 – 13 December 1973), an English author best remembered for the novels Party Going, Living and Loving.

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Historical period drama

The term historical period drama (also historical drama, period drama, costume drama, and period piece) refers to a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television.

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Hogarth's Servants

Heads of Six of Hogarth's Servants is an oil-on-canvas painting by William Hogarth from c. 1750-5.

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Household

A household consists of one or more people who live in the same dwelling and also share meals or living accommodation, and may consist of a single family or some other grouping of people.

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Household silver

Household silver or silverware (the silver, the plate, or silver service) includes tableware, cutlery, and other household items made of sterling silver, Britannia silver, or Sheffield plate silver.

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Housekeeper (domestic worker)

A housekeeper is an individual responsible for the supervision of a house's cleaning staff.

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Housekeeping

Housekeeping refers to the management of duties and chores involved in the running of a household, such as cleaning, cooking, home maintenance, shopping, laundry and bill pay.

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Hugh Edgar

Hugh Edgar is an English architect who worked on several archival projects in the United Kingdom and as a consultant around the world.

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Indentured servitude

An indentured servant or indentured laborer is an employee (indenturee) within a system of unfree labor who is bound by a signed or forced contract (indenture) to work for a particular employer for a fixed time.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Informal attire

Informal attire, also called international corporate attire, Western business attire, business/office wear or tenue de ville is a dress code, typified by a suit (and a necktie for men).

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Iron Man

Iron Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Isabella Beeton

Isabella Mary Beeton (Mayson; 14 March 1836 – 6 February 1865), also known as Mrs Beeton, was an English journalist, editor and writer.

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It's Higgins, Sir

It's Higgins, Sir was a radio comedy program in the United States with Harry McNaughton as the title character.

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Ivor Spencer

Ivor Spencer, MBE (20 November 1924 – 10 January 2009) was the founder of the Ivor Spencer International School for Butlers and the Professional School for Toastmasters.

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J. M. Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan.

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Jeeves

Reginald Jeeves, usually referred to as Jeeves, is a fictional character in a series of comedic short stories and novels by English author P. G. Wodehouse.

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Joseph (Genesis)

Joseph (יוֹסֵף meaning "Increase", Standard Yosef Tiberian Yôsēp̄; يوسف Yūsuf or Yūsif; Ἰωσήφ Iōsēph) is an important figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis.

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Kazuo Ishiguro

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (born 8 November 1954) is a Nobel Prize-winning British novelist, screenwriter, and short-story writer.

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Lara Croft

Lara Croft is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the video game franchise Tomb Raider.

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Leslie Bartlett

Leslie Bartlett (died 2004) was a butler, toastmaster and founder of the London School of British Butlers.

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Linda Howard

Linda S. Howington (born August 3, 1950 in Alabama, United States) is an American best-selling romance/suspense author under her pseudonym Linda Howard.

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List of Hayate the Combat Butler characters

This article lists the characters from the Japanese manga and anime series Hayate the Combat Butler.

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List of The Nanny characters

The Nanny is an American television sitcom which originally aired on CBS from 1993 to 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a fashion queen from Flushing, New York who becomes the nanny of three children from the New York/British high society.

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List of Umineko When They Cry characters

The Umineko When They Cry visual novel series features an extensive cast of characters created and originally illustrated by 07th Expansion's Ryukishi07.

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Literature

Literature, most generically, is any body of written works.

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Livery

A livery is a uniform, insignia or symbol adorning, in a non-military context, a person, an object or a vehicle that denotes a relationship between the wearer of the livery and an individual or corporate body.

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Loving (novel)

Loving is a 1945 novel by British writer Henry Green.

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Lurch (The Addams Family)

Lurch (whose first name is unknown) is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams as a manservant to The Addams Family.

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Maid

A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female domestic worker.

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Majordomo

A majordomo is a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another.

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Mark Stock

Mark Stock (August 4, 1951-March 26, 2014) was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1951.

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Marlinspike Hall

Marlinspike Hall (Le château de Moulinsart) is Captain Haddock's country house and family estate in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.

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Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie,Keating, H.R.F., The Bedside Companion to Crime.

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Mayo Chiki!

is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Asano and illustrated by Seiji Kikuchi.

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Medieval Latin

Medieval Latin was the form of Latin used in the Middle Ages, primarily as a medium of scholarly exchange, as the liturgical language of Chalcedonian Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church, and as a language of science, literature, law, and administration.

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Melodrama

A melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, which is typically sensational and designed to appeal strongly to the emotions, takes precedence over detailed characterization.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Middle East

The Middle Easttranslit-std; translit; Orta Şərq; Central Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی ناوین, Rojhelatî Nawîn; Moyen-Orient; translit; translit; translit; Rojhilata Navîn; translit; Bariga Dhexe; Orta Doğu; translit is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa).

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Middle English

Middle English (ME) is collectively the varieties of the English language spoken after the Norman Conquest (1066) until the late 15th century; scholarly opinion varies but the Oxford English Dictionary specifies the period of 1150 to 1500.

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Mr. Belvedere

Mr.

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Nestor (comics)

Nestor is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.

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Old French

Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; Modern French: ancien français) was the language spoken in Northern France from the 8th century to the 14th century.

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Our Man Higgins

Our Man Higgins is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 3, 1962, to May 17, 1963.

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P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humourists of the 20th century.

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Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base).

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Pantry

A pantry is a room where beverages, food, and sometimes dishes, household cleaning chemicals, linens, or provisions are stored.

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Paul Burrell

Paul Burrell, RVM (born) is a former servant of the British Royal Household.

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Performing arts

Performing arts are a form of art in which artists use their voices or bodies, often in relation to other objects, to convey artistic expression.

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Personal assistant

A personal assistant, also referred to as personal aide (PA) or personal secretary (PS), is a job title describing a person who assists a specific person with their daily business or personal tasks.

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Petroleum

Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.

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Plot device

A plot device, or plot mechanism, is any technique in a narrative used to move the plot forward.

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Portrait

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant.

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Potboiler

A potboiler or pot-boiler is a novel, play, opera, film, or other creative work of dubious literary or artistic merit, whose main purpose was to pay for the creator's daily expenses—thus the imagery of "boil the pot", which means "to provide one's livelihood".

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Power Rangers Operation Overdrive

Power Rangers Operation Overdrive is the fifteenth season and anniversary of the American television franchise Power Rangers.

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Prince regent

A prince regent, or prince-regent, is a prince who rules a monarchy as regent instead of a monarch, e.g., as a result of the Sovereign's incapacity (minority or illness) or absence (remoteness, such as exile or long voyage, or simply no incumbent).

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Puyo Puyo Fever 2

is a video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega.

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Richie Rich (comics)

Richard "Richie" $ Rich, Jr. (often stylized as Ri¢hie Ri¢h) is a fictional character in the Harvey Comics universe.

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Robert Roberts (butler)

Robert Roberts (1780 in Charleston, South Carolina – 1860) was the author of The House Servant's Directory: A Monitor for Private Families.

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Role

A role (also rôle or social role) is a set of connected behaviors, rights, obligations, beliefs, and norms as conceptualized by people in a social situation.

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Sam Vimes

Samuel "Sam" Vimes is a fictional policeman from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Sarong

A sarong or sarung (Malay:, formal Indonesian:, colloquial Indonesian:, Tamil: சரம், Arabic: صارون, Sinhalese: සරම; meaning "sheath" in Indonesian and Malay) is a large tube or length of fabric, often wrapped around the waist, worn in South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, and on many Pacific islands.

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Sebastian Beach

Sebastian Beach is a fictional character in the Blandings stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

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Sherman Brothers

The Sherman Brothers were an American songwriting duo that specialized in musical films, made up of Robert B. Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) and Richard M. Sherman (born June 12, 1928).

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Slavery

Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.

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Soap (TV series)

Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on ABC from September 13, 1977 until April 20, 1981.

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Social class

A social class is a set of subjectively defined concepts in the social sciences and political theory centered on models of social stratification in which people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the upper, middle and lower classes.

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Social history

Social history, often called the new social history, is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past.

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Stock character

A stock character is a stereotypical fictional character in a work of art such as a novel, play, or film, whom audiences recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition.

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Technology

Technology ("science of craft", from Greek τέχνη, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and -λογία, -logia) is first robustly defined by Jacob Bigelow in 1829 as: "...principles, processes, and nomenclatures of the more conspicuous arts, particularly those which involve applications of science, and which may be considered useful, by promoting the benefit of society, together with the emolument of those who pursue them".

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Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works.

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The Addams Family

The Addams Family is a fictional household created by American cartoonist Charles Addams.

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The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie.

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The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé.

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The Drowsy Chaperone

The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical with book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison.

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The Edwardian Country House

The Edwardian Country House was a British mini-series in the reality television genre, produced by Channel 4.

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996.

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The Happiest Millionaire

The Happiest Millionaire is a 1967 musical film starring Fred MacMurray and based upon the true story of Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle.

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The Nanny

The Nanny is an American television sitcom which originally aired on CBS from 1993 to 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish fashion queen from Flushing, New York who becomes the nanny of three children from the New York/British high society.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day is a 1989 novel by Nobel Prize-winning British writer Kazuo Ishiguro.

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The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC is an American company that operates the luxury hotel chain known as The Ritz-Carlton. The company has 91 luxury hotels and resorts in 30 countries and territories. The current company was founded in 1983, when the previous owners sold the Ritz-Carlton brand name and the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The brand was subsequently expanded to other locations. The company is today a subsidiary of Marriott International.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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Toastmaster

Toastmaster is a general term, prevalent in the United States in the middle 20th century, referring to a person in charge of the proceedings of a public speaking event.

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Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider, also known as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider between 2001 and 2007, is a media franchise that originated with an action-adventure video game series created by British gaming company Core Design.

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Tommy Steele

Tommy Steele, (born Thomas Hicks, 17 December 1936) is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star.

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Umineko When They Cry

is a Japanese dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)

Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series produced by London Weekend Television (LWT) for ITV. It ran for 68 episodes divided into five series on ITV from 1971 to 1975.

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Valet

Valet and varlet are terms for male servants who serve as personal attendants to their employer.

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Veronica Lodge

Veronica Lodge is one of the main characters in the Archie Comics franchise, including The CW's Riverdale.

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Whodunit

A whodunit or whodunnit (a colloquial elision of "Who done it?" or "Who did it?") is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the same process of deduction as the protagonist throughout the investigation of a crime.

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Whodunnit? (2013 U.S. TV series)

Whodunnit? is a murder mystery-based reality television show broadcast on ABC.

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William Hogarth

William Hogarth FRSA (10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist.

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Wine cellar

A wine cellar is a storage room for wine in bottles or barrels, or more rarely in carboys, amphorae, or plastic containers.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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3D film

A three-dimensional stereoscopic film (also known as three-dimensional sangu, 3D film or S3D film) is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception, hence adding a third dimension.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler

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