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servingmen

servingmen is the plural of servingman.

Meaning of servingman

Noun

servingman (plural servingmen)

  1. (historical) 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]...
    Synonyms:
    manservant

Questions about servingmen

What is servingmen the plural of?
Servingmen is the plural of servingman.

Words near servingmen in the dictionary

  1. serving-spoonfuls
  2. serving-spoonsful
  3. servingmaid
  4. servingmaids
  5. servingman
  6. servingmen
  7. servings
  8. servingspoonful
  9. servingspoonfuls
  10. servingspoonsful
  11. servingware

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