- a person who works in another person’s house, and cooks, cleans, etc. for them
- a domestic servant
- a faithful/devoted/trusted servant
- They treat their mother like a servant.
- servant to somebody She was working as a servant to the Smith family.
- servant of somebody one of the servants of the king of Persia
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsb1- Servants scurried around him.
- The duchess arrived, surrounded by her army of servants.
- The relationship was one of master and servant.
- They went up another set of stairs to the servants' quarters.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- devoted
- faithful
- loyal
- …
- employ
- have
- call
- …
- serve somebody
- wait on somebody
- work
- …
- boy
- girl
- servant to
- an army of servants
- a servant of the Crown
- a servant of the people
- …
- servant (to/of something) a person who works for a company or an organization
- Mr Bennet said his client was a loyal servant to the council.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- devoted
- faithful
- loyal
- …
- employ
- have
- call
- …
- serve somebody
- wait on somebody
- work
- …
- boy
- girl
- servant to
- an army of servants
- a servant of the Crown
- a servant of the people
- …
- servant to/of something a person or thing that is controlled by something
- He was willing to make himself a servant of his art.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, literally ‘(person) serving’, present participle (used as a noun) of servir ‘to serve’.
Idioms
See servant in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee servant in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishyour obedient servant
- (old use) used to end a formal letter
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