backstairs

Noun

backstairs

1. a staircase at the rear of a building, or one normally only used by servants etc

   It is consequently my degrading duty to serve this upstart as First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of the Buckhounds, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, and Lord Mayor, both acting and elect, all rolled into one. -- W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado

Synonyms:

• backstair