servant
Meaning
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- One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
- A person who dedicates themselves to God.
- (obsolete) A professed lover.
- A person of low condition or spirit.
Synonyms
cleaning lady
servant girl
endentured
varlet
young person
service person
poor man
domestic help
gentleman’s gentleman
house servant
male servant
subject of a chief
subordinate work
personal attendant
linkboy
house-servant
insignificant person
male slave
adolescent boy
domestic helper
one who executes orders
serve as an apprentice
house-boy
servant-maid
servant maid
temple-servant
valel
server program
person following orders
emmisary
domestic animal
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɜːvənt/
Etymology
From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.
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