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servant definition

serv·ant (sʉr′vənt)

noun

  1. a person employed to perform services, esp. household duties, for another
  2. a person employed by a government
  3. a person devoted to another or to a cause, creed, etc.

Etymology: ME < OFr < prp. of servir < L servire, to serve

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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