servant

noun

ˈsər-vənt How to pronounce servant (audio)
Definition of servantnext
as in steward
a person hired to perform household or personal services the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them

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Recent Examples of servant Loyal Maids in Extravagant Mansions While Solana is a disorderly servant, Clarita reflects the trope of the loyal maid of the higher class, the societal expectation in the region. — Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Many became lifelong friends, and role models for me as husbands, fathers, workers and community servants. — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026 But she’s lost in boredom and monotony, caring for her husband who doesn’t love her and uses her as a servant. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for servant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servant
  1. steward
  2. maid
  3. housekeeper
  4. butler
  5. lackey
Noun
  • The problem has long caused tension between Iowa’s more liberal urban centers, which rely on rivers and lakes for drinking water, and mostly conservative stewards of its rich farmland.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The problem has long caused tension between Iowa's more liberal urban centers, which rely on rivers and lakes for drinking water, and mostly conservative stewards of its rich farmland.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of steward
Noun
  • Adelaide said, with a vehemence that frightened Masha, the maid trying to spoon medicine into her clenched mouth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
  • This is the kind of show where an opulent tea party is dramatized not just by many different plates of fancy pastries, fancy wreaths and lots of furniture, but by having all that stuff carted in by a dozen or so butlers, maids and other servants.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of maid
Noun
  • When his son suddenly turns up alive and well, Mark and his psychiatrist wife, Abigail (Kerry Washington), realize that the kidnapper accidentally took the child of Ramón (Luis Gerardo Méndez), their housekeeper’s undocumented day-laborer boyfriend.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Everyone from the front-desk employees to the housekeepers to the yoga instructors were helpful and attentive.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of housekeeper
Noun
  • The kitchen features an island, a wine refrigerator, stainless steel appliances and a butler’s pantry.
    — Kim Quillen, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • All 228 rooms come with a personal butler, who’s at your beck and call 24/7.
    — Condé Nast, cntraveler.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of butler
Noun
  • For Burr, that his character, in reality, had been replaced by corporate lackeys explains so much of what’s wrong with the world.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2026
  • These are perfunctory roles by definition, so lackeys of one kind or another are often favored.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of lackey

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“Servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servant. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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