servant

Speech parts

1. servant - Noun

2. servant - Verb

Meaning

One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper.

One in a state of subjection or bondage.

A professed lover or suitor; a gallant.

To subject.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

retainer butler lackey drudge assistant minion domestic employee subordinate follower attendant maid housekeeper helper valet
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Antonyms

king lord commissioner goodman cape dominus
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Hypernyms

worker subsidiarity subordinateness

Hyponyms

cook lackey scullion nurse factotum domestic

Phrases with the word

servant boy female servant servant maid man-servant farm servant male servant

Anagrams

versant starven

Examples

A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer. John Climacus

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. Charles de Gaulle

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. Albert Einstein

Money is a good servant but a had master. French Proverb

Money is the best servant. Hindi Proverb

When money is not a servant it is a master. Hindi Proverb

Close letter words and terms

serval cat serval-like servaline servant boy servant employed drive carriages servant employed to look after horses