servitor
Americannoun
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a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
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a glass worker who blocks the gather and does the preliminary blowing of glass for the gaffer.
noun
Etymology
Origin of servitor
1300–50; Middle English servitour < Anglo-French < Late Latin servītor, equivalent to Latin servī ( re ) to serve + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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"If you only knew how sumptuous all this was!" cried an aged Russian servitor.
From Time Magazine Archive
The founder of Fortnum & Mason was one Cornelius Fortnum, faithful servitor of Queen Anne.
From Time Magazine Archive
Noticing that an extra, bemedaled servitor waited exclusively upon His Majesty, Prizeman Lewis jested: "Perhaps he got those medals for the glorious soup he cooked in 1896."
From Time Magazine Archive
When at last he came to the door, he was told by the groveling servitor that a fine, fat boy had been born to his wife.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had rattish pointed faces and tiny pink hands, like the servitor who had brought her the glass of shade.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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