gen. A servant; a functionary. Obsolete. rare.

a miller's servant.

In Biblical and derived uses: a non-Israelite servant in the ancient Jewish temple, ranking below a Levite in status; = Nethinim, n. Cf. Levite, n.…

A servant of some kind.

a person who is in continual attendance upon a superior (see waiter, n. 5 6); spec. (in the British royal household) one of a group of four…

The servant or attendant of an officer or authority. Roman History. A general name for the public servants of the Roman magistrates.

Chiefly in Biblical and derived uses: a non-Israelite servant or slave performing menial duties in the ancient Jewish temple. Cf. Gibeonite, n. Also…

A servant ‘feed’ or hired for a term.

A servant employed to wash pots; spec. the designation of a servant employed at the Inns of Court. Obsolete.

A person (esp. a domestic servant) who is taking his or her Sunday out.

Now, in China, the name of the principal native servant, employed in European establishments, and especially in houses of business, both as head…

†(a) A servant employed in the stables of a household. Obsolete. (b) A keeper of or attendant at a livery stable. Now chiefly historical.

(chiefly in the phraseology of Communism and Socialism) a person who is subservient to a foreign power, esp. to one that threatens revolutionary…