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scullions

noun

plural of scullion

as in servants

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Raised by servants and educated by an uncle, Sade was a spoiled child with a temper and a taste for rebellion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of servants

Noun

Lee takes early meetings at a nearby hotel that could be in any country, except that the room service is delivered by robots painted in the livery of butlers and maids.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
The unsightly mushroom could have corrupted her maids’ morals, or even their health.

— Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026

Definition of maids

Noun

Sphere also has hospitality suites on level three with their own restrooms, bars, and suite attendants.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
There may be a toast or two, typically offered by the father of the bride or honored attendants, like the best man or the maid of honor.

— Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of attendants

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Did Penelope, Helen of Troy, Athena, Calypso, and the rest of the Greek gals and goddesses deserve to be more epic than the attractive but flattened handmaidens even IMAX couldn’t enhance?

— Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026
The handmaids’ crimson robes evolved into protest iconography around the world because the story captured fears about authoritarianism and gender more viscerally than overt political messaging ever could.

— Marc Adelman, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026

Definition of handmaidens

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Achord meets with his two assistants, 36-year-old Corey Harkey, who played for the Rams from 2012-2016, and Jeff Koonz, who was a Packers defensive assistant last season and the West Virginia special teams coordinator before that.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The report said only 14 percent expect greater use of AI shopping assistants to be the biggest behavioral change this season, and most are still concentrating their attention on shipping costs, discounts and operational execution.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of assistants

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Role in the Castellammarese War When the Castellammarese War broke out in 1930 between Maranzano and rival crime boss Giuseppe (Joe) Masseria, Bonanno emerged as one of Maranzano’s leading lieutenants.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
And [showrunners] Ned Martel and Charlie Carver were our lieutenants on the crowd who did a wonderful job.

— Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of lieutenants

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Brightpoint, meanwhile, helps identify local families in crisis, and a team of volunteers coordinates the work of connecting needs to helpers.

— Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Ten was of course too many, what with the addition of camp helpers, assistants, aides and so on.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of helpers

Noun

With the money, the museum is able to sustain, among other things, an internship program for teaching apprentices and a speaker series.

— News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026
City Colleges recently launched Chicago Moonshot, an apprenticeship initiative associated with the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, where the district has committed to graduating hundreds of IT apprentices over the next five years.

— Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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