: one that serves others
a public servant
especially
: one that performs duties about the person or home of a master or personal employer
servantless
adjective
Synonyms
Examples of servant in a Sentence
the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them
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Right before the doors are locked and these red-robed servants of the Lord are about to get down to the nasty business of stabbing each other in the back — metaphorically speaking, although maybe not — two surprises are dropped into Lawrence’s lap.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Most of the enslaved people were field hands, but some were masons, house-hold servants and carpenters.
—Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Their wealth involves a whole galaxy of servants and hangers-on who might feel threatened by a big change in their patron’s status quo.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Emmerich the necromancer spends his time in graveyards talking to the dead and being attended to by his skeletal servant Manfred.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Them, 28 Oct. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Most of the enslaved people were field hands, but some were masons, house-hold servants and carpenters.
—Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Their wealth involves a whole galaxy of servants and hangers-on who might feel threatened by a big change in their patron’s status quo.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Emmerich the necromancer spends his time in graveyards talking to the dead and being attended to by his skeletal servant Manfred.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Them, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/servant. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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servant
noun
ser·vant
ˈsər-vənt 
: one that serves others
especially
: a person hired to perform household or personal services
Etymology
Middle English servant "servant," from early French servant (same meaning), from a form of servir "to serve," from Latin servire "to be a slave, serve," from servus "slave, servant" — related to serf
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