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A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household.[1]

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  1. 176 relations: Absinthe, African Americans, Alan Bates, Alfred Pennyworth, Alonzo Fields, Angus Hudson, Antebellum South, Anthony Hopkins, Anthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu, Artemis Fowl, Arthur (TV series), Asia, Barrel, Batman, Batman (franchise), BBC News, Benson (TV series), Black Butler, Blandings Castle, Book of Genesis, Booker Prize, Butler of Scotland, Buttery (room), Catchphrase, Charles III, Chauffeur, Chief of staff, China, Chrono Crusade, Clothing, Clue (film), Cockney, Contemporary art, Cup-bearer, David Arquette, Deccan Herald, Diana, Princess of Wales, Dining room, Discworld, Domestic worker, Downton Abbey, Dracula, Economic inequality, Edmund Blackadder, Edwin Jarvis, English language, Eugene Allen, Film, Footman, Gardenscapes: New Acres, ... Expand index (126 more) »

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Absinthe

Absinthe is an anise-flavored spirit derived from several plants, including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium ("grand wormwood"), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total 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 Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving.

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Alfred Pennyworth

Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth, originally Alfred Beagle and commonly known simply as Alfred, 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 (April 10, 1900 – March 22, 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 (Independent Television) drama Upstairs, Downstairs, portrayed by actor Gordon Jackson from 1971, until 1975.

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Antebellum South

The Antebellum South era (from before the war) was a period in the history of the Southern United States that extended from the conclusion of the War of 1812 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861.

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Anthony Hopkins

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor.

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Anthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu

Anthony-Maria Browne (1574 – 23 October 1629) was an English peer during the Tudor and Stuart period.

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Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl is a series of eleven fantasy novels written by Irish author Eoin Colfer revolving around various members of the Fowl family.

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Arthur (TV series)

Arthur is an animated television series for children ages 4 to 8, developed by Kathy Waugh for PBS and produced by WGBH.

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Barrel

A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide.

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Batman

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

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Batman (franchise)

The DC Comics character Batman has been adapted into various media including film, radio, television, and video games, as well as numerous merchandising items.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Benson (TV series)

Benson is an American television 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 Greek; בְּרֵאשִׁית|Bərēʾšīṯ|In beginning; Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.

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Booker Prize

The Booker Prize, formerly the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a prestigious literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, which was published in the United Kingdom and/or Ireland.

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Butler of Scotland

The office of Butler of Scotland (Pincerna Regis), was a court position in the Kingdom of Scotland during the High Middle Ages.

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Buttery (room)

A buttery was originally a large cellar room under a monastery, in which food and drink were stored for the provisioning of strangers and passing guests.

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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 III

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.

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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 a limousine.

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Chief of staff

The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, 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, or leader of a large organization.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chrono Crusade

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

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Clothing

Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body.

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Clue (film)

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

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Cockney

Cockney is a dialect of the English language, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by Londoners with working-class and lower middle-class roots.

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Contemporary art

Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, and it generally refers to art produced from the 1970s onwards.

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Cup-bearer

A cup-bearer was historically an officer of high rank in royal courts, whose duty was to pour and serve the drinks at the royal table.

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David Arquette

David Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor, producer and retired professional wrestler.

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Deccan Herald

Deccan Herald is an Indian English language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka.

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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"Humorous Fantasy" in David Pringle, ed., The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy (pp.31-33).

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Domestic worker

A domestic worker is a person who works within a residence and performs a variety of household services for an individual, from providing cleaning and household maintenance, or cooking, laundry and ironing, or care for children and elderly dependents, and other household errands.

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Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes.

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Dracula

Dracula is a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker, published on 26 May 1897.

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Economic inequality

Economic inequality is an umbrella term for a) income inequality or distribution of income (how the total sum of money paid to people is distributed among them), b) wealth inequality or distribution of wealth (how the total sum of wealth owned by people is distributed among the owners), and c) consumption inequality (how the total sum of money spent by people is distributed among the spenders).

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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 fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Eugene Allen

Eugene Charles 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 (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.

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A footman is a male domestic worker employed mainly to wait at table or attend a coach or carriage. Butler and footman are domestic work and Gendered occupations.

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Gardenscapes: New Acres

Gardenscapes: New Acres is a casual, narrative, match-3 game, released in 2016 for Android and iOS devices and also on Facebook.

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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 (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide.

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Gosford Park

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

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GQ

GQ (which stands for Gentlemen's Quarterly and is also known Apparel Arts) is an international monthly men's magazine based in New York City and founded in 1931.

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Grant Harrold

Grant William Veitch Harrold (born 26 April 1978) is a British former butler to King Charles III (when he was Prince of Wales), now a British etiquette expert, and broadcaster.

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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. Butler and great house are domestic work.

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Hall boy

The hall boy or hallboy was a position held by a young male domestic worker on the staff of a great house, usually a young teenager. Butler and hall boy are domestic work and Gendered occupations.

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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 writer best remembered for the novels Party Going, Living, and Loving.

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Historical drama

A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fictional elements such as creative dialogue or fictional scenes which aim to compress separate events or illustrate a broader factual narrative.

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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 persons who live in the same dwelling.

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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, silver gilt, Britannia silver, or Sheffield plate silver.

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Housekeeper (domestic worker)

A housekeeper (also called necessary woman) is an individual responsible for the supervision of a house's cleaning staff. Butler and housekeeper (domestic worker) are domestic work.

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Housekeeping

Housekeeping is the management and routine support activities of running and maintaining an organized physical institution occupied or used by people, like a house, ship, hospital or factory, such as cleaning, tidying/organizing, cooking, shopping, and bill payment.

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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

Indentured servitude is a form of labor in which a person is contracted to work without salary for a specific number of years.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Informal wear

Informal wear or undress, also called business wear, corporate/office wear, tenue de ville or dress clothes, is a Western dress code for clothing defined by a business suit for men, and cocktail dress or pant suit for women.

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Iron Man

Iron Man is a 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), known as Mrs Beeton, was an English journalist, editor and writer.

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It's Higgins, Sir

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

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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 as the creator of Peter Pan.

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Jamaica Inn (film)

Jamaica Inn is a 1939 British adventure thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name.

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Jeeves

Jeeves (born Reginald Jeeves, nicknamed Reggie) 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 (lit) is an important Hebrew figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis and in the Quran.

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Kazuo Ishiguro

is a Japanese-born British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer.

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Lara Croft

Lara Croft is a 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 is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems.

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Livery

A livery is an identifying design, such as a uniform, ornament, symbol or insignia that designates ownership or affiliation, often found on an individual or vehicle.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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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 butler to the Addams Family.

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Lynn Aloysius Belvedere

Lynn Aloysius Belvedere is a fictional character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, and later adapted for film and television.

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Maid

A maid, housemaid, or maidservant is a female domestic worker. Butler and maid are domestic work and Gendered occupations.

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Majordomo

A majordomo is a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another. Butler and majordomo are domestic work.

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Mark Stock

Mark Stock (August 4, 1951 – March 26, 2014) was an American painter.

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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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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 Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages.

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Melodrama

A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a very strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization.

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Mid Sussex Times

The Mid Sussex Times is a local weekly paper for the region of Mid Sussex in West Sussex, but also covering news from the localities of East Sussex.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Middle East

The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.

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Middle English

Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century.

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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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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Old French

Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; ancien français) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th and the mid-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 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century.

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Painting

Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support").

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Pantry

A pantry is a room or cupboard where beverages, food, (sometimes) dishes, household cleaning products, linens or provisions are stored within a home or office.

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Paul Burrell

Paul Burrell (born 6 June 1958) is a former servant of the British Royal Household and latterly butler to Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Performing arts

The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience.

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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 task.

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Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, also known as "the Trib", is the second-largest daily newspaper serving the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania.

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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 is always 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." Authors who create potboiler novels or screenplays are sometimes called hack writers or hacks.

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Power Rangers Operation Overdrive

Power Rangers Operation Overdrive is the fifteenth season of the television franchise Power Rangers. The season uses footage and other material from the 30th Super Sentai series GoGo Sentai Boukenger, which celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of that franchise. In addition, this season's team-up episode, "Once a Ranger", commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise.

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Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru,; Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the male heir apparent to the English, and later British, throne.

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Prince regent

A prince regent or princess regent is a prince or princess who, due to their position in the line of succession, rules a monarchy as regent in the stead of a monarch, e.g., as a result of the sovereign's incapacity (minority or illness) or absence (e.g., by remoteness, such as exile or long voyage, or the absence of an incumbent).

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Puyo Pop Fever

is a 2003 puzzle video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega.

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Richie Rich (character)

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 (c. 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

His Grace, The Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel "Sam" Vimes is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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Sarong

A sarong or a sarung is a large tube or length of fabric, often wrapped around the waist, worn in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Western Asia, Northern Africa, East Africa, West 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 brothers Robert B. Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) and Richard M. Sherman (June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024).

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Slavery

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.

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Soap (TV series)

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

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A social class or social stratum is a grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the working class, middle class, and upper class.

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Social history, often called "history from below", is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Stock character

A stock character, also known as a character archetype, is a type of character in a narrative (e.g. a novel, play, television show, or film) whom audiences recognize across many narratives or as part of a storytelling tradition or convention.

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Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith (3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was an English wit, writer, and Anglican cleric.

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Technology

Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way.

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Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983–2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.

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The Addams Family

The Addams Family is a fictional family 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 Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Drowsy Chaperone

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

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The Edwardian Country House

The Edwardian Country House is a British historical reenactment reality television miniseries produced by Channel 4.

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom created by Andy and Susan Borowitz for NBC.

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The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.

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The Happiest Millionaire

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

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Nanny

The Nanny is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from November 3, 1993, to June 23, 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish fashionista from Flushing, Queens who becomes the nanny of three children from an Anglo-American upper-class family in New York.

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The New York Sun

The New York Sun is an American conservative news website and former newspaper based in Manhattan, New York.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, 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 the Nobel Prize-winning British author Kazuo Ishiguro.

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The Remains of the Day (film)

The Remains of the Day is a 1993 drama film adapted from the Booker Prize-winning 1989 novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro.

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The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC is an American multinational company that operates the luxury hotel chain known as The Ritz-Carlton.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually 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 mid-20th century, referring to a person in charge of the proceedings of a public speaking event.

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Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider, known as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider from 2001 to 2008, is a media franchise that originated with an action-adventure video game series created by British video game developer Core Design.

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Tommy Steele

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

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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report (USNWR, US NEWS) is an American media company publishing news, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

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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, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)

Upstairs, Downstairs is a British drama television series produced by London Weekend Television (LWT) for ITV.

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Valet

A valet or varlet is a male servant who serves as personal attendant to his employer. Butler and valet are domestic work.

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Veronica Lodge

Veronica Cecilia Lodge is one of the main characters in the Archie Comics franchise, and is the keyboardist and one of the three vocalists of rock band The Archies.

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West Asia

West Asia, also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost region of Asia.

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Whodunit

A whodunit (less commonly spelled—or misspelled—as whodunnit; a colloquial elision of "Who done it?") is a complex plot-driven variety of detective fiction in which the puzzle regarding who committed the crime is the main focus.

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Whodunnit? (2013 TV series)

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

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William Hogarth

William Hogarth (10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art.

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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 I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire is an area of Northern England which was historically a county.

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3D film

3D films are motion pictures made to give an illusion of three-dimensional solidity, usually with the help of special glasses worn by viewers.

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See also

Butlers

Domestic work

References

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

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