: one that serves others
a public servant
especially
: one that performs duties about the person or home of a master or personal employer
servantless
adjective
Examples of servant in a Sentence
the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them
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The document emphasizes the pope as a servant of Christ and bishop of Rome, rather than a worldly sovereign.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
There is no greater goal than to hear, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant’ from Jesus.
—Maureen MacKey, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Amelia enters the Holmes manse through the servants’ entrance — this might be a novel addition to 221B — and, owing to the recent dismemberment of Holmes’ scullery maid, is mistakenly hustled into the vacant job.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
In most places, standardized testing has become the master rather than the servant—inciting a frenzy of preparation that displaces actual instruction with stress-laden test prep.
—Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
There is no greater goal than to hear, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant’ from Jesus.
—Maureen MacKey, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Amelia enters the Holmes manse through the servants’ entrance — this might be a novel addition to 221B — and, owing to the recent dismemberment of Holmes’ scullery maid, is mistakenly hustled into the vacant job.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
In most places, standardized testing has become the master rather than the servant—inciting a frenzy of preparation that displaces actual instruction with stress-laden test prep.
—Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for servant
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“Servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/servant. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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servant
noun
ser·vant
ˈsər-vənt 
: one that serves others
especially
: a person hired to perform household or personal services
Etymology
Middle English servant "servant," from early French servant (same meaning), from a form of servir "to serve," from Latin servire "to be a slave, serve," from servus "slave, servant" — related to serf
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