servantnoun
uk/ˈsɜː.vənt/us/ˈsɝː.vənt/B2 [ C ] a person who is employed in another person's house, doing jobs such as cooking and cleaning, especially in the past
public servant/servant of the state
a person who works for the government:
Public servants should be incorruptible.
More examples
- His father's family lived in a big house with servants.
- She has servants to do all her work for her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Servants, slaves & underlings
- below/above stairs idiom
- butler
- clerk
- coolie
- dogsbody
- factotum
- housemaid
- labourer
- lackey
- lapdog
- maid
- majordomo
- puppet
- retainer
- skivvy
- slave
- slave trade
- slavery
- stair
- valet
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