servant

ser·vant  (sûrvnt)

n.

1. One who is privately employed to perform domestic services.

2. One who is publicly employed to perform services, as for a government.

3. One who expresses submission, recognizance, or debt to another: your obedient servant.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from present participle of servir, to serve; see serve.]

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servant [ˈsɜːv^ənt]

n

1. (Business / Professions) a person employed to work for another, esp one who performs household duties

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) See public servant

[via Old French, from servant serving, from servir to serve]

servant-like  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	servant - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) retainer worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker" body servant - a valet or personal maid cabin boy - a young man acting as a servant on a ship domestic, domestic help, house servant - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household factotum - a servant employed to do a variety of jobs familiar - a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support flunkey, flunky, lackey - a male servant (especially a footman) major-domo, seneschal - the chief steward or butler of a great household manservant - a man servant menial - a domestic servant scullion - a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing) servant girl, serving girl - a girl who is a servant
	2.	servant - in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" handmaid, handmaiden subordinateness, subsidiarity - secondary importance

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servant

noun attendant, domestic, slave, maid, help, helper, retainer, menial, drudge, lackey, vassal, skivvy (chiefly Brit.), servitor (archaic), varlet (archaic), liegeman She couldn't lift a spoon without a servant.

Translations

servant [ˈsɜːvənt]

A. N

1. (domestic) → criado/a m/f, sirviente/a m/f, muchacho/a m/f, mucamo/a m/f (S. Cone)
the servants (collectively) → la servidumbre

2. (fig) → servidor(a) m/f
your devoted servant; your humble servant → un servidor, servidor de usted
your obedient servant (in letters) → suyo afmo., atento y seguro servidor
see also civil B

B. CPD servant girl N → criada f

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servant [ˈsɜː^rv^ənt] n

(= person) → domestique mf
They used to have servants → Ils avaient des domestiques.
domestic servant → employé(e) m/f de maison

(= tool) to be the servant of sth/sb → être au service de qch/qn
Technology must be our servant, not our master → La technologie doit être à notre service et non l'inverse.

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servant

n (lit, fig) → Diener(in) m(f); (also servant girl) → Dienstmädchen nt; (domestic) → Bedienstete(r) mf, → Dienstbote m → /-botin f; to have servants → Bedienstete or Diener haben; servants’ quarters → Gesinderäume pl (Hist), → Dienstbotenräume pl; your devoted or humble or obedient servant (old) → Ihr ergebenster or untertänigster Diener (old) ? public servant, civil servant

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servant [ˈsɜːv/ənt] n (domestic) → domestico/a (fig) (of the public, one's country) → servitore m

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servant

n servant [ˈsəːvənt]

1 a person who is hired to work for another, especially in helping to run a house. dienskneg خادِم прислужник sluha, služka husassistent; tjener der/die Diener(in) υπηρέτης criado, sirviente teenija پيشخدمت palvelija domestique מְשָרֵת नौकर, चाकर sluga inas, személyzet pelayan þjónn domestico 召使 하인 tarnas kalps; kalpone pembantu rumah bediende tjener, hushjelp służący criado servitor прислуга sluha, slúžka služabnik sluga tjänare คนรับใช้ hizmetçi 傭人, 僕人 слуга; прислуга نوکر người hầu 佣人,仆人

2 a person employed by the government, or in the administration of a country etc a public servant; civil servants. amptenaar مُسْتَخْدَم، مُوَظَّف مَدَني служител státní úředník, -ice tjenestemand der Beamte/die Beamtin (δημόσιος) υπάλληλος funcionario ametnik خادم virkamies employé/-ée (d'un service public); fonctionnaire עוֹבֵד צִיבּוּר सेवक, कर्मचारी službenik közalkalmazott, köztisztviselő pegawai negeri opinber starfsmaður dipendente 公務員 공무원 tarnautojas kalpotājs; ierēdnis; darbinieks pekerja ambtenaar tjeneste-/embetsmann urzędnik funcionário angajat; funcţionar служащий štátny úradník, -čka uslužbenec sluga tjänsteman ข้าราชการ memur 公務員 службовець ملازم bầy tôi trung thành 公务员

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servant → موظف حكومي sluha tjener Dienstbote υπηρέτης criado palvelija serviteur sluga domestico 使用人 하인 dienaar tjener służący criado слуга tjänare คนรับใช้ hizmetçi người hầu 仆人