MANSERVANT Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

manservant

noun

as in servant

old-fashioned a man employed in the home of a wealthy person to perform various household or personal services The loyal manservant earned the trust of the emperor.

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Recent Examples of manservant He is attended and aided by his faithful manservant, Graham, and sometimes assisted by another confidant, Dr. Thomas McConnell. —

The New Yorker, New Yorker, 25 June 2025 These included a gentleman singing with his manservant on Mardi Gras, seven apprentices of a ribbon maker singing together, and a woman charged for singing while working in her house and yard, among many others. —

Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 9 May 2025 The show is sharpest when its sights are fixed on Norma and Joe, and also on the looming figure of Norma’s manservant and eternal enabler, Max. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024 The true story of an enslaved couple who escaped to freedom by posing as a wealthy White man and his manservant. —

Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for manservant

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Noun

Digital ethics expert Davi Ottenheimer argued that the presentation evoked both blackface and the fantasy of a controllable Black servant.

— Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
By taking on the condition of a servant, the Son reveals the Father’s glory, overturning the worldly standards that so often distort our conscience.

— Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026