Butler

Butler - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Properly a servant in charge of the wine (Gen. 40:1-13; 41:9). The Hebrew word, mashkeh, thus translated is rendered also (plural) "cup-bearers" (1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chr. 9:4). Nehemiah (1:11) was cup-bearer to king Artaxerxes. It was a position of great responsibility and honour in royal households.

Butler - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

BUT'LER, n. A servant or officer in the houses of princes and great men, whose principal business is to take charge of the liquors,place, _c. Formerly, an officer in the court of France, being the same as the grand echanson or great cup-bearer of the present times.