: one that serves others
a public servant
especially
: one that performs duties about the person or home of a master or personal employer
servantless
adjective
Synonyms
Examples of servant in a Sentence
the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them
Recent Examples on the Web
Even in her servant rags, Lahna Vanderbush is a warm and graceful Cinderella — no wonder her stepsisters feel intimidated by her.
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Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
For centuries thereafter, the uppermost floors remained least desirable (think servants’ quarters and Parisian garrets) until the invention of the commercial passenger elevator in the 1850s.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Her greatest strength, as demonstrated in Euphoria and now in Immaculate, lies in communicating very big, broad emotions—crying, screaming, staring agog at the kind of satanic chaos that shakes the spirit of God’s most devoted servants.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2024
Set in the early 20th century, the Downton Abbey TV series takes place between 1912 and 1926, and follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family in the U.K., as well as that of their servants.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
It's told from the perspective of servants within the palace.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2024
The census also lists her occupation as a servant for a private family and details her mother’s birthplace as Georgia; her father’s was Florida.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Related Pawns function as interdimensional servants to the Arisen, consisting of stock characters or ones built by the player community to be summoned from Riftstones or enlisted in person throughout the world.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
And most of them remain anonymous, just workaday servants to the magic of moviemaking.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
For centuries thereafter, the uppermost floors remained least desirable (think servants’ quarters and Parisian garrets) until the invention of the commercial passenger elevator in the 1850s.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Her greatest strength, as demonstrated in Euphoria and now in Immaculate, lies in communicating very big, broad emotions—crying, screaming, staring agog at the kind of satanic chaos that shakes the spirit of God’s most devoted servants.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2024
Set in the early 20th century, the Downton Abbey TV series takes place between 1912 and 1926, and follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family in the U.K., as well as that of their servants.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
It's told from the perspective of servants within the palace.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2024
The census also lists her occupation as a servant for a private family and details her mother’s birthplace as Georgia; her father’s was Florida.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Related Pawns function as interdimensional servants to the Arisen, consisting of stock characters or ones built by the player community to be summoned from Riftstones or enlisted in person throughout the world.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
And most of them remain anonymous, just workaday servants to the magic of moviemaking.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/servant. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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servant
noun
ser·vant
ˈsər-vənt 
: one that serves others
especially
: a person hired to perform household or personal services
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