manservant

American  

[man-sur-vuhnt] / ˈmænˌsɜr vənt /

noun

plural

menservants

1. a male servant, especially a valet.

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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

There was a whole crowd around him—Hans, the countess’s manservant, was there, and forty, maybe fifty of our fellow refugees, and the schoolchildren—and Karli was showing off even more than usual.

From Literature

In Note 35, she finds a role model in Victor Hugo, who, Ms. McCracken tells us, asked his manservant to take all his clothes, forcing him to stay home and write.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Related Words

• servant