Synonyms for servant
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sur-vuh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɜr vənt |
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Définition of servant
Origin :- c.1200, "personal or domestic attendant," from Old French servant "servant; foot-soldier," noun use of servant "serving, waiting," present participle of servir "to attend, wait upon" (see serve (v.)).
- Meaning "professed lover, one devoted to the service of a lady" is from mid-14c. In North American colonies and U.S., the usual designation for "slave" 17c.-18c. (in 14c.-15c. and later in Biblical translations the word often was used to render Latin servus, Greek doulos "slave"). Public servant is attested from 1670s.
- noun person who waits on another
- If a servant complained of being abused, his master had no power to retain him.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- At length the servant returned, saying his master was now ready to see them.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Such a servant of the country should be well paid by the country.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- "Ask Mrs. Holroyd if she will have the kindness to come here for a minute," he said to the servant.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- "But he said it was most important, sir," the servant went on.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Hotspur interrupts her by calling the servant and giving him orders.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- And what boldness is this for a scrub of a servant to speak in such a way before her master?
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- She didn't know me; the servant could not have caught my name.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Style should not obtrude between a writer and his reader; it should be servant, not master.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- But just at this instant a servant came to say that coffee was ready.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
Antonyms for servant
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