A professional who performs variety of manual duties in large household, working under supervision of butler. Respnsibilities include:

• Serves food and drink during meals, cleans and polishes silver, waxes floors, washes windows and performs other duties in dining room, living room, and other downstairs rooms.
• May answer telephone or doorbell and announce guests.
• Performs duties of butler in his or her absence.
• Frequently lays out employer's clothes for wear, polishes shoes, and performs other valet duties.