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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

servant Synonyms

servant

n.

servitor, attendant, retainer, helper, hireling, lackey, dependent, menial, domestic, drudge, slave, slavey*; see also assistant.

Servants include: butler, chamberlain, housekeeper, chef, cook, second maid, scullery maid, kitchenmaid, maid of all work, 'tween maid, general maid, laundress, chambermaid, parlormaid, lady's maid, seamstress, nursemaid, nurse, valet, gentleman's gentleman, doorman, footman, lackey, wine steward, major-domo, squire, driver, coachman, chauffeur, groom, stableboy, stableman, equerry, gardener, yardman, kennelman, handyman.

servant Law Definition

n

One who is employed to work under the immediate control and instruction of the employer.

servant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • indenture: The supply of indentured servants from England was soon inadequate to meet the labor needs of the sugar industry.
  • hire: A statute fair, for hiring servants, etc. , is held at Chigwell on Sept. 30th.

Adjective modifier

  • civil: Linda is also a civil servant, working in Slough.
  • faithful: It is encouraging to find faithful servants of our Lord.
  • obedient: I remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, R.M. Wallis.
  • thy: Then said he to me see thou do it not for I am thy fellow servant & of thy brethren &c.
  • humble: Your role is therefore to become their humble servant.
  • senior: The party has a Tax Commission, chaired by former senior civil servant, Michael Williams.

Preposition: into

immorality: By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.

Modifies a noun

girl: Her mother was Elizabeth Sewell an unmarried servant girl.

Noun used with modifier

  • live-in: Landowners switched tenants and retooled live-in servants as short-term hires.
  • maid: So Kumkum was more or less treated like a Head maid servant in her own house.
  • ex-civil: As an ex-civil servant, I know that the issue of pensions is a key part of the national pay negotiations for civil servants.
  • suffering: No longer the suffering servant, the Son of Joseph of his first coming.
  • O: Listen now to these things, and understand them, O servants of the Lord.

Possessives

quarter: In contrast, there are the servant's quarters and huge kitchen, with all the pots and pans on display.

Possessives

centurion: Last week we saw how Jesus healed a leper and then a gentile centurion's servant.

Preposition: in

livery: However, they perfectly complemented the queenly role that Alva envisaged for herself, and also the Vanderbilt servants in livery.

Preposition: of

righteousness: It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness.