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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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
The classification for priests is "servitor of a cult"; for one who doesn't earn his living, "non-toiler"; for artists, writers etc.,' "members of a free profession."
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
Prentice Cooper, 54, wealthy ex-Governor of Tennessee, loyal servitor of Memphis Boss Ed Crump, and former U.S.
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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