servant
noun
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
servant-like
-
a word derived from
servant.
Example Sentences
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Nor do I recommend searching for coherence in its post-Colonial politics, what with the servant-like assistance Georgia receives from a Congolese friend who helps with investigation and exposition.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2019
But indifferently, sir; I fled, in a very servant-like manner, as you know, when he was in danger.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
The servant of Abraham, servant-like, was well content that Rebekah should draw for all his camels, while he stood still.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by G. A. Chadwick
There," she said, "it is not heavy, and will not shame your neat toilette, as if it were a household, servant-like detail.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
ATHENIAN: Ridicule, and the difficulty of getting the feminine and servant-like dispositions of the nurses to comply.
From Laws by Benjamin Jowett
