ser·vant

(sûr′vənt)

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.

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

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servant

(ˈsɜːvənt)

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

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

[C13: via Old French, from servant serving, from servir to serve]

ˈservant-ˌlike adj

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serv•ant

(ˈsɜr vənt)

n.

1. a person employed by another, esp. to perform domestic duties.

2. a person in the service of another.

3. a person employed by the government: a public servant.

[1175–1225; Middle English < Old French, n. use of present participle of servir to serve; see -ant]

serv′ant•hood`, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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

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.

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Translations

خَادِمخادِممُسْتَخْدَم، مُوَظَّف مَدَني

sluhaslužkastátní úředník-ice

tjenertjenestemandhusassistent

Beamte Diener Dienerin Dienstbote Domestik

υπηρέτης

criado sirviente funcionario

teener

palvelija

domestique servant serviteur

slugaslužavka

szolga

òjónnopinber starfsmaîur

domestico servo servitore domèstica

使用人

하인

darbinieksierēdniskalponekalpotājskalps

služabnik

tjänare

คนรับใช้

hizmetçi memur

người hầu

仆人佣人公务员

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.

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

servant

(ˈsəːvənt) noun

1. a person who is hired to work for another, especially in helping to run a house.

2. a person employed by the government, or in the administration of a country etc. a public servant; civil servants.

servant

→ خَادِم sluha tjener Dienstbote υπηρέτης criado palvelija serviteur sluga domestico 使用人 하인 bediende tjener służący criado слуга tjänare คนรับใช้ hizmetçi người hầu 仆人