servitor

English

Etymology

From Middle English servitour, from Latin servītor, from Latin servīre, to serve

Pronunciation

• AHD: /sûr'vĭ-tôr'/

Noun

servitor (plural servitors)

1. one who performs the duties of a servant.
2. one who serves in an army; a soldier.
3. an undergraduate who performed menial duties in exchange for financial support from his college, particularly at Oxford University

Quotations

• 1884, W.S. Gilbert, Princess Ida

  "You'll find no sizars here, or servitors/or other cruel distinctions meant to draw/a line 'twixt rich and poor"

• 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 22

  The servitors waxed silent, each lost in introspection, until the rattle of the Valmouth cab announced the expected guest.