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servant

[ sur-vuhnt ]

noun

  1. a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
  2. a person in the service of another.
  3. a person employed by the government:

    a public servant.



servant

/ ˈsɜːvənt /

noun

  1. a person employed to work for another, esp one who performs household duties
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈservant-ˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From

  • servant·less adjective
  • servant·like adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of servant1

1175–1225; Middle English < Old French, noun use of present participle of servir to serve; -ant
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Word History and Origins

Origin of servant1

C13: via Old French, from servant serving, from servir to serve
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Example Sentences

The commission's report said there was "no bar on individuals who have previously worked for political parties or made political donations becoming civil servants".

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These may be extreme examples, but the lesson here is that positioning science as the servant of ideology is perilous.

The Cabinet Secretary, Simon Case, the country’s most senior civil servant, had told all ministers they should “not take part in the public debate.”

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“The reality is you can’t get anything done without good civil servants,” she said.

Several said they weren’t given a true picture by the Post Office executives they met with, or by civil servants.

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