servant

[sur-vuhnt]

noun

1. a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.

2. a person in the service of another.

3. a person employed by the government.

   a public servant.

servant

/ ˈsɜːvənt /

noun

1. a person employed to work for another, esp one who performs household duties

2. See public servant

Other Word Forms

• servantless adjective
• servantlike adjective
• servant-like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of servant¹

1175–1225; Middle English < Old French, noun use of present participle of servir to serve; -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of servant¹

C13: via Old French, from servant serving, from servir to _serve

Example Sentences

“We would like to be civil servants, soldiers, prosecutors…just like we were in Ottoman times.”

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Given that AI uses a tremendous amount of energy and water, public servants should be applying it towards solving society’s most intractable problems, not creating racist tropes or belittling people for exercising their democratic rights.

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The original law prevents judges, police officers, teachers and public servants from wearing symbols such as the kippah, turban, or hijab while at work.

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It said the investigators had "opted for the easy course by implicating a poor servant of the house and demonising him".

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“When I first heard about ‘The Gilded Age,’ I was like, ‘Oh, what servant am I going to be asked to play? What downtrodden character?’

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Related Words

• assistant 
• attendant 
• helper