buttons
[ buht-nz ]
/ ˈbʌt nz /
noun (used with a singular verb) Chiefly British.
a bellboy or page in a hotel.
Origin of buttons
First recorded in 1840–50; so called from the many buttons of his uniform
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Definition for buttons (2 of 2)
button
[ buht-n ]
/ ˈbʌt n /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to be capable of being buttoned: This coat buttons, but that one zips.
Origin of button
1275–1325; Middle English
boto(u)n < Anglo-French: rosehip, button, stud; Middle French
boton, equivalent to
boter to
butt3 +
-on noun suffix
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British Dictionary definitions for buttons (1 of 2)
buttons
/ (ˈbʌtənz) /
noun
(functioning as singular) British informal
a page boy
British Dictionary definitions for buttons (2 of 2)
button
/ (ˈbʌtən) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of button
buttoner, noun buttonless, adjective buttony, adjectiveWord Origin for button
C14: from Old French
boton, from
boter to thrust, butt, of Germanic origin; see
butt ³
Medical definitions for buttons
button
[ bŭt′n ]
n.
A knoblike structure, device, or lesion.
Idioms and Phrases with buttons
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