famulusn.
/ˈfamjᵿləs/, U.S. /ˈfæmjələs/ An attendant; esp. on a scholar or a magician.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > other specific personal attendants
henchmana1560
wallet-bearer1611
punkaha1613
bathing-woman1789
laquais de place1789
agterryer1824
punkah-wallah1826
famulus1837
personal assistant1910
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. iii. 181 The Magician's Famulus got hold of the forbidden Book, and summoned a goblin.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. v. 97 Faithful little famuli see all and say nothing.
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- hospital cabin
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- hospital corners
- hospital corps
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- hospital fever
- hospital gangrene
- hospital gown
- hospital hulk
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- hospital management
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- hot air feedingbox
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