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servient

/ˈsɜː(ɹ)viənt/

servient adjective: subordinate.

Adjective

servient (comparative more servient, superlative most servient)

  1. (obsolete) subordinate
    • servient youth, and magisterial eld1757, John Dyer, The Fleece

servient meaning in Tamil and Bengali

servient in Tamil

ஒடுங்கு சொத்து

servient in Bengali

অধীনস্থ

Forms of servient

comparativemore servient
superlativemost servient

Origin of servient

Borrowed from Latin serviēns, servientis. Doublet of servant and sergeant.

Words formed from servient

Phrases with servient

Questions about servient

What does servient mean?
Servient means subordinate.
What is servient in Tamil?
Servient in Tamil is ஒடுங்கு சொத்து. See Servient meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is servient?
Servient is an adjective.
How do you pronounce servient?
Servient is pronounced /ˈsɜː(ɹ)viənt/.

Words near servient in the dictionary

  1. servicing
  2. servicings
  3. Servidio
  4. Servidios
  5. servience
  6. servient
  7. servient estate
  8. servient estates
  9. servient premises
  10. servient tenement
  11. servient tenements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: servient (page history and authors); servient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); servient (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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