servitor

[sur-vi-ter]

noun

1. a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.

2. a glass worker who blocks the gather and does the preliminary blowing of glass for the gaffer.

servitor

/ ˈsɜːvɪtə /

noun

1. archaic,  a person who serves another

Word History and Origins

Origin of servitor¹

1300–50; Middle English servitour < Anglo-French < Late Latin servītor, equivalent to Latin servī ( re ) to serve + -tor -tor

Word History and Origins

Origin of servitor¹

C14: from Old French servitour, from Late Latin servītor, from Latin servīre to _serve

Example Sentences

He banged on the reinforced steel door, which slid aside to reveal a human servitor, a middle-aged woman, dressed wholly in white, with a slave-collar around her neck.

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Most Cheney watchers, including Bush, believe that Cheney changed from an utterly reliable servitor into an ideologue, partly as a result of the September 11th attacks.

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Dany put the glass back on the servitor's tray, and went inside.

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One of his confidential servitors was a certain Berenger, who had been condemned for heresy.

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Diego offered himself for the purpose and was accepted, whereupon he sent his servitors home, retaining only his sub-prior, Domingo de Guzman, who had already, on the voyage towards Rome, converted a heretic in Toulouse.

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Related Words

• server 
• waitperson 
• waitress