: one that serves others
a public servant
especially
: one that performs duties for another as a personal or domestic attendant
servantless
adjective
Examples of servant in a Sentence
the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them
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Farrell plays John, the ambitious and chatty servant who is seduced by the mistress of the house (Jessica Chastain), as a nervous bundle of energy who becomes more agonized and frantic over the course of the film.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Revenues for the third film managed to improve upon the prior entry in the series about the grand houses and the servants and elite who populate them.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
The book is a product of an era when attributing credit to servants of any kind would not have been expected, but times have changed.
—Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
Nonetheless, the two become close, to the degree that they are compared to Don Quixote and his faithful servant Sancho Panza.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Revenues for the third film managed to improve upon the prior entry in the series about the grand houses and the servants and elite who populate them.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
The book is a product of an era when attributing credit to servants of any kind would not have been expected, but times have changed.
—Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
Nonetheless, the two become close, to the degree that they are compared to Don Quixote and his faithful servant Sancho Panza.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for servant
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“Servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/servant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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servant
noun
ser·vant
ˈsər-vənt 
: one that serves others
especially
: a person hired to perform household or personal services
Etymology
Middle English servant "servant," from early French servant (same meaning), from a form of servir "to serve," from Latin servire "to be a slave, serve," from servus "slave, servant" — related to serf
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