servant

[ser·vant]

A servant works at someone’s home, often doing lowly tasks. You might feel like a servant when your mom insists that you do the dishes before you can do anything fun, but think how she feels cooking dinner every day!

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One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper.

Noun
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

Noun
in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"


n.
One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper.

n.
One in a state of subjection or bondage.

n.
A professed lover or suitor; a gallant.

v. t.
To subject.


Servant

Serv"ant , n. [OE. servant, servaunt, F. servant, a & p. pr. of servir to serve, L. servire. See Serve, and cf. Sergeant.] 1. One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper. "A yearly hired servant." Lev. xxv. 53.
Men in office have begun to think themselves mere agents and servants of the appointing power, and not agents of the government or the country.
&hand; In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and other agents, are servants for the time they are employed in such character, as they act in subordination to others. So any person may be legally the servant of another, in whose business, and under whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for the time being. Chitty. 2. One in a state of subjection or bondage.
Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt.
3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.]
In my time a servant was I one.
Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of servitude. -- Your humble servant, ∨ Your obedient servant, phrases of civility often used in closing a letter.
Our betters tell us they are our humble servants, but understand us to be their slaves.

Servant

Serv"ant, v. t. To subject. [Obs.] Shak.

One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper.

To subject.

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Usage Examples

I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

In the future, when Microsoft leaves a security-flaw in their code it won't mean that somebody hacks your computer. It will mean that somebody takes control of your servant robot and it stands in your bedroom doorway sharpening a knife and watching you sleep.

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

I'm very old-fashioned in some ways because of my father, who thought that being a public servant was an honor. Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society.

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth.

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