house servant
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- noun
- /ˈhaʊs ˈsɜrvənt/
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sirviente
- The family employed a house servant to help with the daily chores and ensure everything ran smoothly.
Examples
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I have three house servants.
Blog text (34) -
What if someone gets to interview the house servants or the hunting guides?
Blog text (25) -
Two house servants began to gather up the cushions.
Fiction book (1994) -
"We sat in silence for a moment and watched the house servants buying up the shad."
Fiction book (1994) -
With assistance, he obtained a job as a house servant for an American family, an experience similar to that of many other Chinese immigrants during that period.
Academic text (2002) -
She carried the tray to the side table and set it among the other finished pieces, then returned to the worktable to check on the progress of her two house servants.
Fiction book (1994) -
As a house servant, his duties included cooking, cleaning, and assisting the family with various tasks.
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In the past, a wealthy family would often have multiple house servants working to maintain their large estate.
Synonyms
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A woman who looks after children in a family's home
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A person who works in someone's home doing jobs like cooking and cleaning
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A woman paid to clean and cook in another person's home
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A man who manages the staff in a large house and serves meals
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A person who manages household chores and keeps the home clean
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A woman who cleans houses or offices for pay
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A person who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
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A woman who serves a lady and helps with household tasks
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A hotel worker who cleans and tidies guest bedrooms
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A man who works in someone's house doing jobs like cleaning and helping with meals
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A young man who does cleaning, serving, and errands in a private home
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A woman paid to clean and do other jobs in a home
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A person who works for a family in the home, often as a servant
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A man who works in a large house, greeting visitors and serving meals
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A young woman who works in a house to help with chores
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A woman who is paid to clean houses or offices regularly
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A kitchen worker who does dirty, simple jobs like washing dishes
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A woman who works as a servant to help another woman get dressed and look tidy
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A woman who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
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A person who cleans homes for money
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A girl or young woman who works in a home doing chores
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A woman who helps cook and clean in the kitchen of a large house
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A person paid to clean and cook in a home
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A woman who looks after children and helps with housework
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A person who helps someone dress and bathe every day
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A woman who works in a home cleaning and serving guests in the front rooms
A person who helps older or disabled people with housework and shopping at home
A servant who helps the head servant in a large house
A woman servant who takes care of the wine and plates in a large house
A man who works in a home to serve and help people
A servant who works in a lord's home doing daily chores in medieval times
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person employed to perform domestic tasks within a household' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'house' (a dwelling) with 'servant' (a domestic worker), indicating a servant who works in a house. This is a regular compositional pattern, cross‑linguistically common (e.g., equivalents in French, Spanish, etc.), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
House servant comes from the simple picture of a servant who works in and often lives in a house. So, it means 'a person employed to do household tasks'.