servant

American  

[sur-vuhnt] / ˈsɜr vənt /

noun

1. a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.

2. a person in the service of another.

3. a person employed by the government.

   a public servant.

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servant British  

/ ˈsɜːvənt /

noun

1. a person employed to work for another, esp one who performs household duties

2. See public servant

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Other Word Forms

• servant-like adjective
• servantless adjective
• servantlike adjective

Etymology

Origin of servant

1175–1225; Middle English < Old French, noun use of present participle of servir to serve; -ant

Example Sentences

But Reeves soon asked her top official to create an Iran response board, staffed by ministers, advisers, and senior Treasury civil servants.

From BBC

That’s a father’s bequest to his son, and a public servant’s to his country.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We'll immediately put forward a bill. You'll see soon that it will reorganise how civil servants are paid and promoted, and create positive incentive structures," he says.

From BBC

The commissioner said he had expressed his dismay to Permanent Secretary Joe Griffin, Scotland's most senior civil servant.

From BBC

Some 2,000 civil servants were assigned to new tasks, and instead car-dealers were given the right to access the register themselves in order to issue documents for their clients.

From BBC

Related Words

• assistant
• attendant
• helper