fellow servant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fellow servant
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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It also inspired contemporaries like Robert Sargent “Sarge” Shriver, a fellow servant leader and civil rights crusader, and the namesake of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law and the Sargent Shriver Peace Institute.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025
There we find Daisy back in the kitchen as of old, engaged to her fellow servant Andy.
From Slate • Oct. 8, 2019
In a 1671 Moliere play, the character Scapin tells a fellow servant to “Camp about on one leg. Put your hand on your hip. Wear a furious look. Strut about like a drama king.”
From Washington Times • May 6, 2019
There were apprehended the young catechumens, Revocatus and Felicity his fellow servant, Saturninus and Secundulus.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019
Yet he would not forgive his fellow servant who owed him a trifling sum.
From The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles by Wilmot-Buxton, H. J.
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