D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Buttons

/bŭt'-ənz/ · But·tons · IPA /ˈbʌt.ənz/
01 n. A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery.
  1. 1.
    A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery.[Colloq.]