as in maids
a person hired to perform household or personal services
the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them
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Recent Examples of servants
But what will inevitably be first in the conversation is the sequence in which two servants engage in rough role-play in a barn.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
The script also stirs in a BDSM tryst between two servants in a stable.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
One night, when trying to sneak into Heathcliff’s attic room in the stable, Catherine spies on two of her house servants in an intimate moment.
—Amanda Luberto, AZCentral.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Among these servants are ones who pass laws to make my life a bit safer or just.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
Amongst the servants, meanwhile, a hierarchy based on standing and rank also dictated living conditions like proximity to the family and who got to eat dinner first.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Because Lady Penwood treats her particularly cruelly compared to her other servants.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
One of his wackier ideas involved Italian gondolas, grass huts and servants dressed in Tahitian clothing.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
And multiple servants in white gloves to tend to the pugs.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 Jan. 2026
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
The script also stirs in a BDSM tryst between two servants in a stable.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
One night, when trying to sneak into Heathcliff’s attic room in the stable, Catherine spies on two of her house servants in an intimate moment.
—Amanda Luberto, AZCentral.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Among these servants are ones who pass laws to make my life a bit safer or just.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
Amongst the servants, meanwhile, a hierarchy based on standing and rank also dictated living conditions like proximity to the family and who got to eat dinner first.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Because Lady Penwood treats her particularly cruelly compared to her other servants.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
One of his wackier ideas involved Italian gondolas, grass huts and servants dressed in Tahitian clothing.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
And multiple servants in white gloves to tend to the pugs.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servants
Noun
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But Season Four takes viewers to lower-class settings like the bars where scullery maids and footmen relax, the markets where house staff shop, even the secret drawing rooms where servants eat their breakfast and discuss town gossip.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
2 Feb. 2026
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In Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s, a young white woman teams up with two Black maids to document the realities of domestic work in segregated households.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Even the housekeepers know what to look out for.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Feb. 2026
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King also said in recent years the hospital doubled the number of housekeepers per shift in its emergency department, and also increased the number of its emergency department transporters by 2%.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Nobody could have known at the time, but that performance was a prophecy of the city’s future, where artists would become the primary stewards of Memphis music history, rampaging through old blues, rock, soul, and gospel.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
8 Feb. 2026
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The natural result will be to harm the hospitals that have been proper stewards of their finances.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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For six days, gay men and women, transgender people, bikers, street kids and others fed up with police harassment fought back.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The massacre prompted a national reckoning about violence against women and led to tighter gun laws.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Kelly’s lackeys dropped off meals, often delivered with a specific code knock on the door.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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Government institutions run by lackeys are also more easily manipulated by autocratic leaders, and no longer serve the public interest.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Marsa’s butlers are trained by the British Butler Academy, but there’s no stuffiness here.—
Selina Denman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Jan. 2026
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As of summer 2025, the hotel also welcomed the new Villa La Guettière, a private nine-bedroom retreat serviced by a team of private butlers and a chef.—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
AFAR Media,
20 Jan. 2026
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Regulars get the same attendant from visit to visit and treat them like family retainers.—
Tom Sietsema,
Washington Post,
17 Jan. 2026
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Most of the contracts are retainers — with the lobbying firms receiving an equal payment each quarter.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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For instance, Bolsonaro’s flunkies penetrated the government agency that handled film distribution.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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The conservative dynamic duo representing the minority on the council against Wu and her progressive flunkies have repeatedly seen their proposals and bills rejected or just ignored by Council President Ruthzee Louijeune, a Wu ally.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Servants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servants. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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