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daily [British], domestic, flunky (also flunkey), lackey, menial, retainer, slavey, steward
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In 1935, a 13-year-old with a huge imagination and a crush on her servant's son (and older sister's lover) tells a terrible lie that changes the course of several lives and destroys a great love. — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, "15 Sad Movies to Watch on Netflix for When You Need a Good Cry," 28 Aug. 2018 Another leadership principal is around servant leadership. — Lori Johnston, ajc, "Leaders of top workplaces share their views," 3 Mar. 2018 Variety reports that some of the sets will include Mrs. Patmore's kitchen and the servants' quarters. — Megan Friedman, Country Living, ""Downton Abbey" Is Going on a Tour Around the World," 27 Apr. 2017 Louisiana's grand plantation homes showcase this most extensively, where the kitchen and servants' quarters were on the ground level, and the owner's main living areas were a full story off the ground. — Maggie Burch, House Beautiful, "A Look At French Colonial Architecture, The Star Style Of New Orleans," 21 Dec. 2018 Retinues of servants in livery assured that fires were laid and lighted, that brass and silver were kept brightly polished. — Michael Henry Adams, Town & Country, "Inside the Auction of Eileen Slocum's Astounding Newport Mansion," 28 Sep. 2018 Trey, for instance, is rude to one of the servants. — Jesse Green, New York Times, "Review: With ‘Skintight,’ Idina Menzel Takes On a Straight Play. Sort Of.," 21 June 2018 Walter was a true servant of the Lord and shared his faith with family and friends. — OrlandoSentinel.com, "Deaths in Central Florida: 5/19," 19 May 2018 Tolstoy did not mention the sainthood of the servants, though. — Michael Joseph Gross, Vanities, "“There’s Nothing Wrong with Falling from Grace”: The Global Network of Monarchists Helping Deposed Kings and Queens," 27 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'servant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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