BUTLER


Meaning of BUTLER in English

I. Butler, Rhett /ret/ BrE AmE

the main male character in the novel ↑ Gone with the Wind . In the film of this book, Rhett Butler was played by Clark Gable, and he is remembered especially for saying to Scarlett O'Hara ‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!’

II. Butler, Rob ‧ ert O ‧ len /ˌrɒbət ˈəʊlən $ ˌrɑːbərt-/ BrE AmE

(1945–) a US writer who was a soldier during the Vietnam war. Many of his novels are about living in a foreign country and Butler often writes about Vietnamese people who are living in the US. His novels include The Alleys of Eden , Tabloid Dreams , and A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain , which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.