servant
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
servant/ˈsɜːvənt/
▶noun a person who performs duties for others, especially one employed in a house to carry out domestic duties or as a personal attendant.
■ a person employed in the service of a government.
■ a devoted and helpful follower or supporter.
– origin ME: from OFr., lit. ‘(person) serving’, pres. part. (used as n.) of servir ‘to serve’.
'servant' also found in these Oxford entries:
ambassador
- axolotl
- batman
- bedder
- beefeater
- boy
- chamberlain
- chokra
- Cinderella
- civil servant
- dairy
- deacon
- devadasi
- embassy
- family
- famulus
- footman
- galloglass
- gillie
- girl
- groom
- gyp
- handmaid
- help
- jong
- knave
- knight
- lackey
- livery
- maid
- maidservant
- manservant
- marshal
- menial
- minister
- minstrel
- mute
- Nunc Dimittis
- Permanent Undersecretary
- private secretary
- public servant
- retainer
- scullion
- seneschal
- sergeant
- service
- servingman
- skivvy
- tend
