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servant
[ sur-vuhnt ]
noun
- a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- a person in the service of another.
- a person employed by the government:
a public servant.
servant
/ ˈɜːəԳ /
noun
- a person employed to work for another, esp one who performs household duties
- See public servant
Derived Forms
- ˈԳ-ˌ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- aԳ· adjective
- aԳ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of servant1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
The worst-hit area we saw there was a building that had been residential quarters for civil servants.
Efforts to silence people who create a ruckus suggest that “the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master.”
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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