servitor

[ sur-vi-ter ]
/ ˈsɜr vɪ tər /
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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.

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Origin of servitor

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

Words nearby servitor

serviette, servile, servile work, serving, servite, servitor, servitude, servius tullius, servlet, servo, servo system
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Words related to servitor

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

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British Dictionary definitions for servitor

servitor
/ (ˈsɜːvɪtə) /

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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