servant
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Dubleti of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) MFA(ključ): /ˈsɜːvənt/
- (General American) MFA(ključ): /ˈsɝvənt/, [ˈsɝvn̩ʔ]
Audio (US) (file) - Rime: -ɜː(ɹ)vənt
Noun
servant (plural servants)
- One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.
- One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
- She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.
- (religion) A person who dedicates themselves to God.
- (obsolete) A professed lover.
- A person of low condition or spirit.
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
servant
References
- servant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French servant, a substantivized present participle of servir. Cf. also Latin serviens, and French sergent.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Participle
servant
- prezenta participa of servir
Noun
servant m (plural servants, feminine servante)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “servant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
servant
- treće lice množine prezenta aktiva indikativa of servō
Middle English
Noun
servant
- Alternative form of servaunt
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
servant m (definite singular servanten, indefinite plural servanter, definite plural servantene)
Synonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
servant m (definite singular servanten, indefinite plural servantar, definite plural servantane)
Synonyms
Old French
Verb
servant
- prezenta participa of servir
Adjective
servant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular servant or servante)
- that serves; that fulfils a role
Noun
servant m (oblique plural servanz or servantz, nominative singular servanz or servantz, nominative plural servant)
- servant (one who serves)