manservant

noun

man·ser·vant ˈman-ˌsər-vənt

plural menservants ˈmen-ˌsər-vən(t)s

Synonyms of manservant next

: a male servant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web That was high praise indeed, for Darnes had accompanied Kirby Smith across the country and beyond as his enslaved manservant. —

Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023 While Lurch, the Addams family manservant, barely appears in Wednesday, his character channels the Lurch costume of the TV show and movies. —

Emily Burack, Town & Country, 10 Dec. 2022 His unflappable manservant, Jeeves, by contrast, is a master of restraint who quietly rescues the hapless Wooster from innumerable scrapes of his own making. —

Nicholas Frankel, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022 The gate is guarded by an elderly manservant for whom the term faithful retainer might have been invented. —

Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022 George Burcea will play Lurch, the towering family manservant. Isaac Ordonez will play Gomez and Morticia’s son, Pugsley. —

Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE, 8 June 2022 Isaac Ordonez plays Wednesday’s brother Pugsley in a recurring role, while George Burcea plays the family manservant Lurch. —

Wilson Chapman, Variety, 6 June 2022 Count Almaviva, a Spanish nobleman, has been lusting after Susanna, his wife’s chambermaid, who is about to be married to the Count’s manservant, Figaro. —

Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021 John Smith saves the man who fell overboard; Ratcliffe is the government lackey in a suit who hunkers down in his cabin and only emerges once the danger has passed, clutching his pug while his manservant shields him with an umbrella. —

Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 13 Apr. 2021 See More

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