Servant
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English
Noun
Servant (plural Servants)- One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
- One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
Adjectives for Servant
cloistered; shining; numerous (plural); diligent; good-natured; gracious; primitive; menials indentured; authorized; private; confidential; natural; trustworthy; domestic; voluntary; respectful; solitary; stolid; disinterested; faithful; zealous; vile; gentle; assigned; laden; magnanimous; noiseless; unjust; inattentive; corrupt; public; flowered; natty; obedient; docile; superannuated; sorrowful.
Verbs for Servant
bond—; command—; commend—; curse—; discharge—; dismiss—; employ—; extol—; humble—; rebuke—; reimburse—; reproach —; reprove—; retain—; reward—; sack—; station—; —announces; —attends; —beguiles; —betrays; —devotes; —details; — enlightens; —humbles; —identifies; —obeys; —pilfers; —ushers in; reprimand—.
Thesaurus
acolyte, adherent, adjutant, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, aider, amah, ancilla, appendage, appliance, assistant, attendant, au pair girl, auxiliary, ayah, best man, blue-collar worker, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, boots, boy, breadwinner, butler, captive, casual, casual laborer, charwoman, chatelaine, chattel, chattel slave, chauffeur, chef, churl, civil servant, cleaner, cleaning man, cleaning woman, coachman, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, common laborer, concubine, contrivance, cook, creature, daily, dangler, day laborer, debt slave, dependent, deputy, device, domestic servant, driver, dummy, dupe, employee, executive officer, factory worker, factotum, flunky, follower, footman, free lance, free-lancer, full-time worker, galley slave, go-between, governess, groom, hand, handmaid, handmaiden, hanger-on, heeler, helot, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, homager, houseboy, housekeeper, houseman, implement, industrial worker, inferior, instrument, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, jobber, jobholder, junior, laborer, laboring man, lackey, lever, liege, liege man, liege subject, lieutenant, maid, maidservant, man, manservant, mechanism, mediator, medium, menial, midwife, migrant, minion, moiler, nanny, navvy, nurse, nursemaid, odalisque, office temporary, organ, page, paranymph, paraprofessional, pawn, peon, plaything, postilion, proletarian, public servant, puppet, retainer, right-hand man, roustabout, salaried worker, satellite, scullion, second, secondary, self-employed person, seneschal, serf, servitor, shadow, sideman, slave, steward, stewardess, stiff, stooge, subject, subordinate, supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist, tagtail, temporary, theow, thrall, toiler, tool, toy, tweeny, underling, understrapper, upstairs maid, valet, vassal, vehicle, villein, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, waiter, waitress, ward heeler, wine steward, worker, workgirl, workhand, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman
Etymology
From Old French servant
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈsɜːvənt/, SAMPA: /"s3:v@nt/
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈsɝvənt/, SAMPA: /"s3`v@nt/
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French
Verb
servant
- Present participle of servir.
Noun
Servant m. (plural Servants; feminine servante, plural servantes)]
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Latin
Verb
servant
- third-person plural present active indicative of servō
Middle English
Noun
Servant (plural Servants)
Etymology
Old French servant, originally the present participle of servir
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