# servant

Pronunciation: say "SUR-vuhnt" US /ˈsɝvənt/, UK /ˈsɜːvənt/

## Noun

1. A person hired to perform regular household or other duties for pay, rather than an enslaved worker.
   - Simple: A person who is paid to do housework or other regular jobs for someone.
   - _The household employed a servant to manage the kitchen and laundry._
   - _Wealthy families once kept many servants for their daily needs._
2. A person who serves another and provides help in some manner.
   - Simple: A person who serves someone else and gives help in some way.
   - _She described herself as a faithful servant of the public interest._
   - _True leaders see themselves as servants of those they lead._
3. A person who devotes themselves to the service of God.
   - Simple: A person who gives their life to serving God.
   - _He devoted his whole life as a servant of God._
   - _The nuns lived as servants of God, giving up worldly comforts._
4. A person of low social condition, or one of base or servile spirit.
   - Simple: A person of low rank in life, or one with a weak, mean spirit.
   - _He revealed himself a true servant, fawning over every person of power._
   - _They dismissed the newcomers as servants, unworthy of any respect._

## Noun

5. A person who professes love and devotion to another; a declared suitor. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A person who openly declares their love and devotion to someone.

## Verb

6. To make someone or something subject to the power or control of another. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To put someone or something under the power or control of another person.

## Origin

From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, the present participle of the verb servir ("to serve"). It is formed from serve plus -ant, and is a doublet of sergeant and servient. It displaced the native Old English þeġn.

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