servingman
servingman noun: a male servant.
Noun
servingman (plural servingmen)
- A male servant.
- [N]ow my whole charge conſiſts of Ancients, Corporals, Lieutenants, gentlemen of companies: ſlaues as ragged as Lazarus in the painted cloth, where the gluttons dogs licked his ſores, and ſuch as indeed were neuer ſouldiours, but diſcarded, vniuſt ſeruingmen, yonger ſonnes to yonger brothers...c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]...
- What, ſhall Ioan haue a Seruingman: is her father ſo madd as he wyll marrie her to a Seruingman: What to a Seruingman ſayes one: To a Seruingman ſayes another: he neyther hath any thyng, nor can earne any thyng.1598, Gervase Markham, A Health to the Gentlemanly profeſsion of Seruingmen: or, The Seruingmans Comfort
- Synonyms:
- manservant
servingman meaning in Tamil
servingman in Tamil
- ஏவலர்
Examples of servingman in a sentence
- Well! the greateſt plague of a ſervingman, is to be hir’d to ſome great Lord!1752, The British Stage, volume 1, page 24:
- A minor character in Romeo and Juliet, Abram is a servingman in the Montague household who fights with the Capulet servants in the opening scene of the play.2000, Louise McConnell, “Abram”, in Dictionary of Shakespeare, Fitzroy Dearborn, →ISBN, page 1:
- There is Goneril using Oswald to destabilize the king, Edgar’s depiction of a servingman’s life, the disguised Kent’s undiplomatic irritation of Cornwall and Regan and their spiteful retaliation.2015 February 15, Keith Linley, 'King Lear' in Context: The Cultural Background, →ISBN, page 78:
Synonyms of servingman
Forms of servingman
| plural | servingmen |
|---|---|
| alternative form | serving man |
| alternative form | serving-man |
Origin of servingman
From Middle English servyng man; equivalent to serving + -man.
Questions about servingman
- What does servingman mean?
- Servingman means a male servant.
- What is servingman in Tamil?
- Servingman in Tamil is ஏவலர். See Servingman meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use servingman in a sentence?
- Well! the greateſt plague of a ſervingman, is to be hir’d to ſome great Lord!
- What part of speech is servingman?
- Servingman is a noun.
- What is the plural of servingman?
- The plural of servingman is servingmen.
Words near servingman in the dictionary
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