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单词 servantless
释义

servantlessadj.

Brit. /ˈsəːv(ə)ntləs/, U.S. /ˈsərvən(t)ləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: servant n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < servant n. + -less suffix.
Having no servant or servants (in various senses of the noun); devoid of servants.
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the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [adjective] > provided with or having a lover or mate > without a lover or mate
mateless1599
servantless1658
loverless1824
unmating1857
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [adjective] > having a servant > not having servants
servantless1883
staffless1957
1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 158 One of less beauty and..Servant-less, sooner should my heart command.
1833 Royal Lady's Mag. Feb. 89 In a month or so after the propagation of this little work we shall be servantless, if not helpless.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 189 We must go to our mountain servantless.
1903 Washington Post 29 Oct. 6/5 Mayor Barker, whose household was servantless for three days, went into his own kitchen and cooked a dinner.
1999 K. Hickman Daughters of Britannia (2000) iv. 69 In our own servantless age, it is hard to imagine how diplomatic women depended on their domestic households.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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