Definition of servant Servant

/sɚˈvʌnt/ - [servunt] - serv•ant

We found 13 definitions of servant from 7 different sources.

What does servant mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: servants
servant - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
		retainer
		worker sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
		body servant a valet or personal maid
		cabin boy a young man acting as a servant on a ship
		domestic, domestic help, house servant a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
		factotum a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
		familiar a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
		flunkey, flunky, lackey a person of unquestioning obedience
		major-domo, seneschal the chief steward or butler of a great household
		manservant a man servant
		menial a domestic servant
		scullion a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
servant - in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"
		handmaid, handmaiden
		subordinateness, subsidiarity secondary importance

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Wiktionary

servant (Noun)
One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
servant (Noun)
One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
servant (Verb)
To subject.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

servant (n.)
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.
servant (n.)
One in a state of subjection or bondage.
servant (n.)
A professed lover or suitor; a gallant.
servant (v. t.)
To subject.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

servant
A person performing duties for others. For example a person employed in a household which cares about the domestic duties.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

servant
sėr′vant, n. one who is in the service of another: a labourer: a domestic: one dedicated to God: (B.) a slave: one of low condition or spirit: a professed lover: a word of mere civility, as in 'your humble' or 'obedient servant' in letters, petitions, &c.—v.t. to subject.—ns. Ser′vant-girl, Ser′vant-maid, a female domestic servant; Ser′vant-man, a male servant; Ser′vantry, servants collectively; Ser′vantship, position or relation of a servant.—Servant out of livery, a servant of a higher grade, as a major-domo or butler; Servants' call, a whistle to call attendants; Servants' hall, the room in a house where the servants eat together. [Fr., pr.p. of servir, to serve—L. servīre, to serve.]

Wikipedia

A servant or domestic worker is someone who works for somebody to help them to run their home. Many servants live in their employers’ homes. A century or more ago all large households in Europe or the United States, as well as other countries, would have had servants. A servant is not the same a slave, because slaves were forced to work for people. A servant is employed by somebody, and therefore servants get paid. They are free to leave their employment if they wish. Many servants are required by their employer to wear a uniform when being in their employer's home.

In large households in Britain there would have been a lot of servants. The butler was the most important one. At meal times he would have been something like a head waiter. Male servants were often called “valets”. A valet (a French word, pronounced with a silent “t”), may have been a personal servant who looked after his master’s clothes and comforts, and possibly looked after money matters as well. Female servants were usually maids who cleaned the house, cooks who prepared the meals and nannies who looked after the children. Gardeners would have done the gardening.

Although servants were not slaves, many of them in history were often treated badly. In the early 20th century new laws were made in Britain to protect servants and give them more rights. In the 18th century even musicians were servants and had to wear livery (uniform). In 1717, when the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach said he wanted to leave h