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manservant

/ˈmænˌsɜː(ɹ)vənt/

manservant noun: a male servant.

Noun

manservant (plural manservants or menservants)

  1. A male servant.
    • I asked my manservant to attend to the washing and cleaning.
    • Sixe dayes thou ſhalt labour, and doe all thy worke. But the ſeuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou ſhalt not doe any worke, thou, nor thy ſonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man ſeruant, nor thy maid ſeruant, nor thine oxe, nor thine aſſe, nor any of thy cattel, nor thy ſtranger...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 5:13–14, column 2
    Synonyms:
    servingman

manservant meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

manservant in Marathi

manservant, worker, workman
गडी gaḍī

manservant in Urdu

خادم, نوکر

manservant in Telugu

manservant
ఊడిగపువాడు ūḍigapuvāḍu

manservant in Malayalam

servant, valet, attendant
പരിചാരൻ, പരിചാരകൻ, പോടകൻ, വിയവൻ, ഭൃത്യൻ, വിഭു

Synonyms of manservant

Forms of manservant

pluralmanservants
pluralmenservants
alternative formman servant
alternative formman-servant

Origin of manservant

From Middle English man servant, man servaunt; equivalent to man + servant.

Questions about manservant

What does manservant mean?
Manservant means a male servant.
What is manservant in Marathi?
Manservant in Marathi is गडी (gaḍī). See Manservant meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is manservant?
Manservant is a noun.
How do you pronounce manservant?
Manservant is pronounced /ˈmænˌsɜː(ɹ)vənt/.
What is the plural of manservant?
The plural of manservant is manservants.

Words near manservant in the dictionary

  1. mansengs
  2. Manser
  3. Mansergh
  4. Manserghs
  5. Mansers
  6. manservant
  7. manservants
  8. manses
  9. Manset
  10. Mansfield
  11. Mansfield bar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: manservant (page history and authors); गडी (Marathi) (page history and authors); manservant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఊడిగపువాడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); manservant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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