: 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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Julia is dressed quite plainly in servants’ clothing, while Henry looks slightly more well-to-do, though he’s also fitted in muted browns (and notably is wearing a kilt!).
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Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 22 July 2025
Another character dreams of running away to operate a shrimp boat with her Filipino servant, an aesthete who paints watercolors and practices his French.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Widely regarded as one of the best midfielders ever in the women’s game, Fishlock has been a dedicated servant to the Wales national team.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 27 June 2025
But the novel also interweaves a repository of 795 poems throughout its roughly 1,300 pages—each written from the one of 118 separate characters’ perspectives, including mothers, servants, emperors, lovers, and Genji himself.
—Andrew Paul Jul 16, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
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Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 22 July 2025
Another character dreams of running away to operate a shrimp boat with her Filipino servant, an aesthete who paints watercolors and practices his French.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Widely regarded as one of the best midfielders ever in the women’s game, Fishlock has been a dedicated servant to the Wales national team.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 27 June 2025
But the novel also interweaves a repository of 795 poems throughout its roughly 1,300 pages—each written from the one of 118 separate characters’ perspectives, including mothers, servants, emperors, lovers, and Genji himself.
—Andrew Paul Jul 16, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
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“Servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/servant. Accessed 4 Aug. 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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