servitor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   archaic or formal: a male servant or attendant

   A silent servitor opened the door and led the visitors inside.

2. 2
   noun

   historical: an Oxford undergraduate who received financial support in return for menial duties

   The college register recorded that he entered Oxford as a servitor.

From Middle English servitour, through Anglo-French and Medieval Latin from Latin servitor, 'one who serves,' based on servire, 'to serve,' plus an agent suffix. At Oxford, the general servant sense became a historical rank for a student who performed duties for support.

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