servant
[noun]
Synonyms: attendant, domestic, help, maid, retainer, skivvy (chiefly Brit.), slave

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ser‧vant W2 /ˈsɜːvənt $ ˈsɜːr-/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: servant, serve, server, service, disservice, the services, serving, servery, servicing, servility, servitude; adjective: serviceable, servile, serving; verb: serve, service]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: present participle of servir; ⇒ serve¹]

1. someone, especially in the past, who was paid to clean someone’s house, cook for them, answer the door etc, and who often lived in the house:
Many young girls became domestic servants.

2. servant of somebody/something someone who is controlled by someone or something – often used to show disapproval:
Are we the servants of computers?
⇒ civil servant

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servant
noun
ADJ. devoted, faithful, good, loyal, trusted | female, male | maid | hired | indentured | personal | domestic, farm, household, royal
VERB + SERVANT employ, have
SERVANT + VERB serve sb, wait on sb An army of servants waited on the king's household.
SERVANT + NOUN girl
PHRASES an army/a retinue of servants The duchess arrived, surrounded by her retinue of servants.
servants' quarters

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