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manservant

American  
[man-sur-vuhnt] / ˈmænˌsɜr vənt /

noun

plural

menservants

  1. a male servant, especially a valet.

manservant British  
/ ˈmænˌsɜːvənt /

noun

  1. a male servant, esp a valet

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Etymology

Origin of manservant

First recorded in 1545–55; man + servant

Example Sentences

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For most of those years, Billy Lee had been Washington’s valet, “body servant,” or personal manservant.

From Literature

He began in the comics as Stephen Strange's manservant and sidekick.

From Salon

At the first one the manservant, Das, stopped and beckoned us to enter.

From Literature

He is the most loyal of all the Trump loyalists, a man who was saved from an ignominious failure as Indiana governor in 2016 and turned into the president's personal political manservant.

From Salon

So he went to India and brought back a manservant.

From Los Angeles Times

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