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servant
[ sur-vuhnt ]
noun
- a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- a person in the service of another.
- a person employed by the government:
a public servant.
servant
/ ˈsɜːvənt /
noun
- a person employed to work for another, esp one who performs household duties
- See public servantSee public servant
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Derived Forms
- ˈservant-ˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- servant·less adjective
- servant·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of servant1
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Example Sentences
Her agency had to take her out of the country that very evening after it was made clear that the servant had sworn to kill her.
“I have always considered him a friend, a patriot, and a dedicated public servant,” McCain said in a statement.
“If I want to play role of public servant I cannot have this traditional mindset,” she says.
Might that be Hafsat herself, a dynastic political power and dedicated public servant already?
Macron excelled at France's elite schools, including the civil-servant powerhouse Ecole Nationale d'Administration.
At this same time they seized in Nangasaqui a servant of the father provincial, Matheo Couros, who was washing his clothes.
These officers are bound to maintayne themselves and families with food and rayment by their owne and their servant's industrie.
Whatever servant had not slept in the house the previous night forfeited his right to the money.
To save his faithful servant Frank wheeled Nejdi, and cut down a native who was lunging at Chumru with a bayonet.
"There is a bridge up yonder, monsieur," returned the servant, thankful to have the conversation changed.
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