servant

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From Old French servant

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servant (plural servants)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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servant

  1. Present participle of servir.

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servant m. (plural servants; feminine servante, plural servantes)

  1. servant

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servant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of servō

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Old French servant, originally the present participle of servir

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servant (plural servants)

  1. servant
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