menservants

[ men-sur-vuh nts ]

/ ˈmɛnˌsɜr vənts /

noun

Nearby words

mens sana in corpore sano, mensa, mensal, mensch, mense, menservants, menses, menshevik, menstrual, menstrual cycle, menstrual extraction

Definition for menservants (2 of 2)

manservant

[ man-sur-vuh nt ]

/ ˈmænˌsɜr vənt /

noun, plural men·serv·ants.

a male servant, especially a valet.

Origin of manservant

First recorded in 1545–55; man¹ + servant

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Examples from the Web for menservants

And they—and they killed Hector and Claudio and Apollonio and the other menservants.
The Saracen: The Holy War|Robert Shea
Their best-dressed men are apparently turned out not by menservants but by modistes.
Ruggles of Red Gap|Harry Leon Wilson
Send up one of the menservants, and he would come down at a moment's warning.
Elsie Venner|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Behind him stood the aide-de-camp, the doctors, and the menservants; the men and women had separated as in church.
War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy

Before very long we shall train an army of menservants, and send the women to the devil.'
The Whirlpool|George Gissing

British Dictionary definitions for menservants

manservant

/ (ˈmænˌsɜːvənt) /

noun plural menservants

a male servant, esp a valet

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menservants

noun

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Definition for menservants (2 of 2)

manservant

noun, plural men·serv·ants.

Origin of manservant

Examples from the Web for menservants

British Dictionary definitions for menservants

manservant

noun plural menservants