as in servants
a person hired to perform household or personal services
immigrants to that country faced fierce prejudice and could expect to find work only as menials
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servants
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In Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana, jogti hijras, jogins, or jogappas are trans women who devote themselves in temples as special servants to the goddess Yellamma.—
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
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As previously noted, one of the gifts of Russian greats that Saunders most celebrates is their way of locating complex truths in the stuff of ordinary lives—their towns and farms, and their families, their servants; their animals.—
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“Menials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/menials. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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