servitor

[sur-vi-ter]

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noun

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

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

Origin of servitor

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

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Related Words for servitor

servant, attendant, steward, waitress, slaver, tray, salver, footman, waitperson, garcon

Examples from the Web for servitor

Historical Examples of servitor

All genius now is, at its best, but a servitor—well or ill fed.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida
Ouida
Sin-gashid, of Uruk, servitor of Lugal-banda and Nin-gul, 95-6.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
Morris Jastrow
As was usual when he or any other servitor was in attendance on Waring, the reward had been munificent.
Waring's Peril
Charles King
There could be no higher honor than to be the servitor of this man's lady.
A Voice in the Wilderness
Grace Livingston Hill
They were interrupted at that moment by the servitor, to whom the reader has already been introduced.
The Hot Swamp
R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for servitor

servitor

noun

archaic a person who serves another

Word Origin for servitor

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

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