servantless
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a word derived from
servant.
servantnouna person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
Example Sentences
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It was especially discomforting for the servantless who found themselves weekending in country houses.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2013
His ancestral house, Newton Llantony, is servantless, its furniture shrouded in dust cloths.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Yet the U.S. has also created what can logically be called the world's first servantless society.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As long ago as 1922, Sociologist Paul W. Brown wrote: "Of all the new things given to the world by the U.S., the well-to-do servantless house holds perhaps the biggest significance."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Innumerable families are already living in servantless houses, with stairs, and it doesn't even occur to them that they are solving any problem whatsoever.
From The Comforts of Home by Ralph Bergengren