servant
UK/ˈsɜːvənt//ˈsɝvənt/
servant noun: one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
Noun
servant (plural servants)
- 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.1837, James Fenimore Cooper, Gleanings in Europe: England
- Synonyms:
- domestic
- One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
- She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.
- A person who dedicates themselves to God.
- A professed lover.
- A person of low condition or spirit.
Verb
servant (third-person singular simple present servants, present participle servanting, simple past and past participle servanted)
- To subject.
- Wife, Mother, Child, I know not. My affaires
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- Wife, Mother, Child, I know not. My affaires
servant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
servant in Hindi
- one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation
- नौकर naukar, चाकर cākar, नौकरानी naukrānī, सेवक sevak, भृत्य bhŕtya, मुलाज़िम mulāzim
servant in Tamil
- பணியாள், வேலைக்காரன்
servant in Marathi
- servant
- चाकर cākar
servant in Urdu
- one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation
- نَوکَر naukar, چاکَر cākar, نَوکَرانی naukarānī, خادِم xādim, مُلازِم mulāzim
More languagesFewer languages
- servant in Bengali
- নোকর nōkor, চাকর cakor
- servant in Telugu
- లెంక leṅka, బంటు baṇṭu, భటుడు bhaṭuḍu, పన్న panna
- servant in Malayalam
- ഭൃത്യൻ bhr̥tyaṉ, സേവി sēvi, ദാസൻ dāsaṉ, സേവകൻ sēvakaṉ
- servant in Kannada
- ನೌಕರ naukara, ಪ್ಯಾದೆ pyāde, ಕಂದಾಚಾರ kandācāra
- servant in Punjabi
- نوکر naukar, ਨੌਕਰ naukar, ਬੇਲੀ belī, بیلی belī
- servant in Gujarati
- નોકર nokar, દાસ dās
- servant in Odia
- ଚାକର cākara
- servant in Sanskrit
- सेवक sevaka, सेविका sevikā, भृत्य bhṛtya
- servant in Assamese
- চাকৰ sakor
- servant in Nepali
- सेवक, सेविका, सेवकलाई
- servant in Pashto
- خدمتګار xedmatgār, نوکر nokár, خادم xādém
- servant in Arabic
- خَادِم ḵādim, خَادِمَة ḵādima, خَدَم ḵadam
- servant in Malay
- hamba, khadam
- servant in Indonesian
- pembantu, pelayan
- servant in Thai
- ข้า kâa, บ่าว bàao, ภัจ pát, คนรับใช้ kon-ráp-chái
- servant in Vietnamese
- đầy tớ, người hầu
- servant in Myanmar
- အစေအပါး a.cea.pa:
- Kashmiri
- خٲدِم khạ̄dim, نوکَر nōkar, نوکرٲنؠ nōkrạ̄n', مُلٲزِم mulạ̄zim
Examples of servant in a sentence
- "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
- The princess was sleeping fast, and her servants were fast asleep too.
- She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.
Synonyms of servant
Forms of servant
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | servants |
| alternative form (obsolete) | servaunt |
| alternative form (obsolete) | servand |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | servants |
| present participle | servanting |
| past participle | servanted |
| past | servanted |
Origin of servant
From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.
Words formed from servant
- assigned servant
- body servant
- bondservant
- captain's servant
- civil servant
- covenanted servant
- domestic servant
- even-servant
- eyeservant
- eye-servant
- fellow servant
- indentured servant
- maidservant
- maid-servant
- manservant
- nonservant
- outservant
- public servant
- servantage
- servantdom
- servantess
- servanthood
- servantless
- servantlike
- servantly
- servant out of livery
- servantry
- servantship
- underservant
- who was your servant last year
- womanservant
- woman servant
- your servant
Words that rhyme with servant
Questions about servant
- What does servant mean?
- Servant means one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- What is servant in Hindi?
- Servant in Hindi is नौकर (naukar), चाकर (cākar), नौकरानी (naukrānī). See Servant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is servant?
- Servant can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce servant?
- Servant is pronounced /ˈsɜːvənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of servant?
- The plural of servant is servants.
Words near servant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: servant (page history and authors); servant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); चाकर (Marathi) (page history and authors); దాసు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ചാക്കിരി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಕಂದಾಚಾರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); بیلی (Punjabi) (page history and authors); દાસ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଚାକର (Odia) (page history and authors); চাকৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors); servant (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model 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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