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servant

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serv⋅ant

  [sur-vuhnt]
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–noun
1. a person employed by another, esp. to perform domestic duties.
2. a person in the service of another.
3. a person employed by the government: a public servant.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME < OF, n. use of prp. of servir to serve; see -ant

Related forms:
serv⋅ant⋅less, adjective
serv⋅ant⋅like, adjective
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ser·vant   (sûr'vənt)   
n.  

  1. One who is privately employed to perform domestic services.

  2. One who is publicly employed to perform services, as for a government.

  3. One who expresses submission, recognizance, or debt to another: your obedient servant.


[Middle English, from Old French, from present participle of servir, to serve; see serve.]
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Word Origin & History

servant 
c.1225, from O.Fr., noun use of servant "serving, waiting," prp. of servir "to attend, wait upon" (see serve). Meaning "professed lover, one devoted to the service of a lady" is from c.1368. In N.American colonies and U.S., the usual designation for "slave" 17c.-18c. (in 14c.-15c. and later in Biblical translations the word often was used to render L. servus, Gk. doulos "slave"). Public servant is attested from 1676.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ser·vant
Function: noun
: a person who serves others: as a : an individual who performs duties about the person or home of a master or personal employer b : a person in the employ and subject to the direction or control of an individual or company —see also RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR —compare AGENT, MASTER
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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