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servant

[ sur-vuhnt ]

noun

  1. a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
  2. a person in the service of another.
  3. a person employed by the government:

    a public servant.



servant

/ ˈɜːəԳ /

noun

  1. a person employed to work for another, esp one who performs household duties
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳ-ˌ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • aԳ· adjective
  • aԳ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of servant1

1175–1225; Middle English < Old French, noun use of present participle of servir to serve; -ant
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of servant1

C13: via Old French, from servant serving, from servir to serve
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The PAC warned of a "gap in accountability to parliament" over the money lent to rugby union, due to "a conflict of interest" involving a senior civil servant's connections with the sport.

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Israeli governments allowed the money to be transferred to pay the wages of civil servants in Gaza's Hamas-run government, support the poorest families, and fund fuel deliveries for the territory's sole power plant.

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The worst-hit area we saw there was a building that had been residential quarters for civil servants.

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Efforts to silence people who create a ruckus suggest that “the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master.”

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District Court Judge Beryl Howell, who wrote an “American President is not a king—not even an ‘elected’ one—and his power to remove federal officers and honest civil servants like plaintiff is not absolute.”

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