servant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person employed to do household or other duties for another, especially in someone's home.

   There are three servants in the household: the butler and two maids.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who serves or helps others, often selflessly.

   She saw herself as a humble servant of the poor.

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.

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