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 Lawyers are, in his formulation, both loyal servants of their clients and public citizens with special responsibility for the quality of justice. — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 The couple luxuriated in a 25-room mansion in Hartford, Connecticut, staffed by six servants. — Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026 The film also features Odysseus’ servant Eumaeus (John Leguizamo) and Jon Bernthal as Menelaus, the Greek king of Sparta. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 Commissioner Tisch has already shown a real commitment to cracking down on corruption and ensuring that the public servants in the NYPD are held to the highest standards. — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for servant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servant
  1. steward
  2. maid
  3. housekeeper
  4. butler
  5. lackey
Noun
  • Steven Boyd, a union steward for SEIU Local 1000, said that agencies are relying on exemptions, delays, rotations and workarounds to make the mandate appear functional.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Immer and Lois work with land stewards to find projects that make sense for eager but often inexperienced volunteers.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of steward
Noun
  • This British drama series follows a woman named Emma over the course of more than six decades of her life, from the 1900s through the 1970s, working her way from impoverished maid to the world’s richest woman.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Beyreuther came to the United States from Germany as a live-in maid 16 years ago.
    — Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of maid
Noun
  • Toward the middle, chief housekeepers can earn between $4,000 and $7,000 monthly, while executive chefs can make $5,000 to $9,000.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • The show centered on a single dad and former pro baseball player (Tony Danza) who takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for a powerful ad executive named Angela (Judith Light).
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of housekeeper
Noun
  • Book a room in the adults-only tower to enjoy views of the Gulf of Mexico, beach butler service, and adult-exclusive rooftop pool access.
    — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • That’s true of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex not just as adults, but going all the way back to their childhood, according to their mother Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 6 July 2026
Definition of butler
Noun
  • The problem is, Reigns still acts like a heel while Jey Uso, despite winning the Royal Rumble and becoming world champion, is back to being his lackey.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
  • After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026
Definition of lackey

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