servant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

   The monarch asked a servant to fetch some tea.

2. 2
   noun

   in a subordinate position

   Most people do not dream of becoming servants.

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   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.

5. 5
   verb

   To subject.

   Wife, Mother, Child, I know not. My affaires Are Seruanted to others[…]

6. 6
   noun

   A person who dedicates themselves to God.

7. 7
   noun

   A professed lover.

8. 8
   noun

   A person of low condition or spirit.

Etymology

From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.