famulus

American  

[fam-yuh-luhs] / ˈfæm jə ləs /

noun

famuli plural

1. a servant or attendant, especially of a scholar or a magician.

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famulus British  

/ ˈfæmjʊləs /

noun

1. (formerly) the attendant of a sorcerer or scholar

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• famuli
  plural

Etymology

Origin of famulus

1830–40; < Latin: servant, slave; cf. family

Example Sentences

At half-past five in the morning a bell rang, which brought in the famulus, who lighted the lantern hanging from the roof and summoned them all to prayers.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold

Then to the famulus: "Quick! a block, charcoal!.."

From Tartarin On The Alps by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

Boy," said he, as we retraced our steps to Tavistock Street, "you are my thing, my chattel, my famulus.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John

In this embarrassing position the Baroness Freimann, a young widow appears, disguised in the suit of a student, and accompanied by her chambermaid Nanette, who is dressed as her famulus or valet.

From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.

Faust's former famulus, Dr. Wagner, has now become a world-renowned professor and is engaged in a great experiment, namely, in the production of a chemical man.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Francke, Kuno