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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Protecting the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is essential to ensuring America can continue recruiting and retaining the public servants our communities depend on.

— Verna L. Williams, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Some of the long time lag reflected the vagaries and limitations of travel in the mid-19th century, when moving family, servants, and belongings via horse and buggy in the winter months made a longer period necessary.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026

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Officers were already at an unrelated car crash two blocks away when they were summoned to a single-family home in Windfield based on a 911 call from a man who identified himself as the shooter, Windfield Police Chief Robbie DeLong said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026
The mother of 19-year-old Izick Aminartey is remembering her son as a loving young man after he was identified as one of two people killed in a shooting in Essex, Maryland.

— Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

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Twelve people were rescued, and divers later located the woman and the infant in the water, police said.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
The issue has dominated conversation around the WNBA in the wake of Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s recent comments in favor of excluding trans athletes from women’s sports.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

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