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/ˈsɜːvənt/ · noun
One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave..
There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.
In the great houses, servants out of livery help to the different plats, servants in livery holding the dishes, sauces, etc., and changing the plates.
As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.
Wife, Mother, Child, I know not. My affaires Are Seruanted to others[…]
Use servant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Servant means One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave..
Common synonyms include domestic, retainer, handmaid, handmaiden.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.
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