servitor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• AHD: /sûr'vĭ-tôr'/

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.