servitor
Americannoun
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a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
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a glass worker who blocks the gather and does the preliminary blowing of glass for the gaffer.
noun
Etymology
Origin of servitor
1300–50; Middle English servitour < Anglo-French < Late Latin servītor, equivalent to Latin servī ( re ) to serve + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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Servitors flitted excitedly about the Hotel de la Ville, Milan.
From Time Magazine Archive
The "affluence of gentlemen" of all sorts, Fellow Commoners, Commoners, Servitors, and migrants from Cambridge, was, in 1649, fifteen; in 1650, fifty-one; in 1651, twenty-four; in 1652, forty.
From The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester by Wright Henderson, P. A. (Patrick Arkley)
Servitors ran hither and thither, the tire-maidens stood in groups to gossip with each other, messengers were dispatched in various directions, and skilful leeches and experienced nurses were brought in.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
Servitors formerly waited at table, but this is now dispensed with.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
The second triad is made up of the three orders of Bishops, Presbyters and Deacons, or rather, as the Areopagite names them: Hierarchs, Light-bearers, Servitors.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
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