servant

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsɜːvənt/
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/ˈsɜːvənt/ · /ˈsɝvənt/ · [ˈsɝvn̩ʔ]

Definition of servant

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”
    “In the great houses, servants out of livery help to the different plats, servants in livery holding the dishes, sauces, etc., and changing the plates.”
    “As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.”
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noun

  1. 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.”
    “In the great houses, servants out of livery help to the different plats, servants in livery holding the dishes, sauces, etc., and changing the plates.”
    “As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.”
  2. 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.”
  3. A person who dedicates themselves to God.
  4. (obsolete)A professed lover.
  5. A person of low condition or spirit.

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To subject.
    “Wife, Mother, Child, I know not. My affaires Are Seruanted to others[…]”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.

Anagrams of servant

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5-letter words

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4-letter words

69 words

3-letter words

46 words

2-letter words

14 words

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