Servitor Definition

sûrvĭ-tər, -tôr
noun
A person who serves another; servant, attendant, or, formerly, soldier.
Webster's New World

An undergraduate who performed menial duties in exchange for financial support from his college, particularly at Oxford University.

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Noun

Singular:
servitor
Plural:
servitors

Origin of Servitor

  • Middle English servitour from Anglo-Norman from Latin servītor from servīre to serve serve

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English servitour, from Latin servītor, from Latin servīre, to serve

    From Wiktionary

Servitor Sentence Examples

  • Young Camden received his early education at Christ's Hospital and St Paul's school, and in 1566 went to Magdalen College, Oxford, probably as a servitor or chorister.

  • He then again returned to school to prepare for the university, and in 1733 entered as a servitor at Pembroke College, Oxford, graduating in 1736.

  • A name also acts to further create a servitor 's persona.

  • Winch may see himself as a servitor of wisdom.

  • After working for a short time with Sir Peter Lely, he went to Westminster school; and in 1653 he entered Christ Church, Oxford, as servitor.

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