servant
422
1.0
- noun
- /ˈsɜrvənt/
:
empleado doméstico
- The servant prepared the meals and cleaned the house for the family.
- domestic servant
- work as a servant
- indentured servant
Then what is an indentured servant slave?
- Then what is an indentured servant slave?
- And then he writes, they would make fine servants should Your Majesty's command it.
- These are domestic servants, but they are fighting for their rights.
- The Muse of London were the servant quarters of these great estates.
- All his enterprises collapse, his servants all die.
- And, you know, there were servants at home.
- He didn't have, you know, valets or servants doing that.
- The Butler is the head of a household of servants.
- Would have all the servants feces reused to fertilize the royal gardens.
Examples
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These are domestic servants, but they are fighting for their rights.
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That's all God wants us to be is good servants.
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You become her servant and she becomes the master.
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I had this idea I was going to train him as a servant.
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And, you know, there were servants at home.
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The servants were up there with the children.
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For then, as a free man, the former servant must pay the damages himself.
Academic text (1991) -
In her experience, getting what you wanted from servants was the easiest thing in the world.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'm your servant!
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One of the governor's servants falls in love with Arang and professes his love to her.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
264
1.0
A woman paid to clean and cook in another person's home
110
1.1
A person who manages household chores and keeps the home clean
39
6.0
A person who helps someone dress and care for their clothes
14
5.8
A person who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
12
8.2
A woman who serves a lady and helps with household tasks
11
7.4
A man who works in someone's house doing jobs like cleaning and helping with meals
8
7.0
A person who works for a family in the home, often as a servant
8
2.4
A woman paid to clean and do other jobs in a home
8
8.0
A woman who helps and cares for another person in a household
7
8.9
A man who works in a large house, greeting visitors and serving meals
3
7.1
A woman who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
1
2.3
A person who works in a home doing cleaning, cooking and other daily tasks
1
2.6
A person paid to clean and cook in a home
1
9.9
A person who helps important guests at formal events
1
9.9
A man who cares for a person's clothes and personal needs in a house or court
1
9.4
A person who helps someone dress and bathe every day
A person who cleans, cooks, or does other work in a home
A man who works in a home to serve and help people
A servant who attends an important person, often in the past
Compounds
35
2.7
A person who works for a government department in a long-term job and is not elected
How Close
30
3.5
- Archaic
1
9.9
1
7.0
422
1.0
833
1.0
136
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Servant comes from the Latin word servus meaning 'slave' and shares the same root as serve and service. So a servant is someone who 'serves' another person, which explains why the word often means a worker in a home who does housework.