servant meaning
EN[ˈsɜːvənt] [ˈsɝvənt]US
FR servant
- NounPLservantsSUF-ant
- 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.
- 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.
- One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- VerbSGservantsPRservantingPT, PPservanted
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. Matt. xxv. 19.
- The emperor had dozens of servants to wait upon him.
- The Apostle expressly forbiddeth servants to purloin (Titus 2:10).
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of servant in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary