MANSERVANT Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

manservant

noun

Definition of manservant

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 also said to have been a water boy and manservant to an Anderson family member who was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. — John Wrory Ficklin, Time, 11 Feb. 2026 The dialogue is witty and the characters are memorable, particularly Boris Karloff as hulking manservant Morgan. — Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 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 See All Example Sentences for manservant

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Noun

Many became lifelong friends, and role models for me as husbands, fathers, workers and community servants.

— Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Job lost his animals, servants, and 10 children in a single afternoon.

— Robert Steinbuch, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of servant

Noun

Thin partitions marked an early attempt to slice the space into smaller rooms, but the original brick walls remained bare, shivering with cobwebs, where someone had pasted a picture of a man, holy hands bracketing a redbrick heart.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
People arrested at these checkpoints have virtually no legal recourse and many young men have subsequently been forced into the military.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of man

Noun

Her groom-to-be, Strautmann, personally chose the ring, which was designed by Antinori di Sanpietro, according to British society magazine Tatler.

— Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
The bride and groom spurred tradition and saw each other the morning of the wedding for a sunrise swim in the ocean.

— Shelby Wax, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of groom

Noun

Fractures between the pair were documented in a series of letters revealed during the 2002 theft trial of Diana’s former butler.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
The kitchenette is serviced directly from the restaurant kitchen via a dumbwaiter, and as with all the rooms, butler service is available 16 hours a day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

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