What is "servant" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does servant mean in English? Meaning of servant definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "servant" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "servant": a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

Noun

  • Meaning: a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
  • Synonyms: retainer servant
  • Hyponyms: body servant cabin boy domestic domestic help factotum familiar flunkey flunky house servant lackey major-domo manservant menial scullion seneschal servant girl serving girl
  • Hypernyms: worker
  • Meaning of "servant": in a subordinate position

    Noun

  • Meaning: in a subordinate position
  • Example: theology should be the handmaiden of ethics the state cannot be a servant of the church
  • Synonyms: handmaid handmaiden servant
  • Hypernyms: subordinateness subsidiarity
  • Adjective: One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave. There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids. 1915, George A. Birmingham, Gossamer, chapterI: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.1915, George A. Birmingham, Gossamer, chapterI: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.One who serves another, providing help in some manner. She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.
  • Synonyms:

    assistant, attendant, slave, helper, help, dependent, hireling, domestic, serf, minion, retainer, drudge, menial, server, cleaning person, live-in,

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    servant in English: servant
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