servant 音标拼音: [s'ɚvənt]
n . 仆人,雇员,公务员;有用的工具
仆人,雇员,公务员;有用的工具
servant n 1 :
a person working in the service of another (
especially in the household ) [
synonym : {
servant }, {
retainer }]
2 :
in a subordinate position ; "
theology should be the handmaiden of ethics "; "
the state cannot be a servant of the church "
[
synonym : {
handmaid }, {
handmaiden }, {
servant }]
Servant \
Serv "
ant \,
n . [
OE .
servant ,
servaunt ,
F .
servant ,
a &
p .
pr .
of servir to serve ,
L .
servire .
See {
Serve },
and cf .
{
Sergeant }.]
1 .
One who serves ,
or does services ,
voluntarily or on compulsion ;
a person who is employed by another for menial offices ,
or for other labor ,
and is subject to his command ;
a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another ,
his master or employer ;
a subordinate helper . "
A yearly hired servant ." --
Lev .
xxv .
53 .
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1913 Webster ]
Men in office have begun to think themselves mere agents and servants of the appointing power ,
and not agents of the government or the country . --
D .
Webster .
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Note :
In a legal sense ,
stewards ,
factors ,
bailiffs ,
and other agents ,
are servants for the time they are employed in such character ,
as they act in subordination to others .
So any person may be legally the servant of another ,
in whose business ,
and under whose order ,
direction ,
and control ,
he is acting for the time being . --
Chitty .
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2 .
One in a state of subjection or bondage .
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Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt . --
Deut .
v .
15 .
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3 .
A professed lover or suitor ;
a gallant . [
Obs .]
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In my time a servant was I one . --
Chaucer .
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{
Servant of servants },
one debased to the lowest condition of servitude .
{
Your humble servant },
or {
Your obedient servant },
phrases of civility formerly often used in closing a letter ,
now archaic ; --
at one time such phrases were exaggerated to include {
Your most humble ,
most obedient servant }.
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Our betters tell us they are our humble servants ,
but understand us to be their slaves . --
Swift .
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Servant \
Serv "
ant \,
v .
t .
To subject . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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194 Moby Thesaurus words for "
servant ":
Charlie McCarthy ,
Ganymede ,
acolyte ,
adherent ,
adjutant ,
agent ,
aid ,
aide ,
aide -
de -
camp ,
aider ,
amah ,
ancilla ,
appendage ,
appliance ,
assistant ,
attendant ,
au pair girl ,
auxiliary ,
ayah ,
best man ,
blue -
collar worker ,
bondmaid ,
bondman ,
bondslave ,
bondsman ,
bondswoman ,
boots ,
boy ,
breadwinner ,
butler ,
captive ,
casual ,
casual laborer ,
charwoman ,
chatelaine ,
chattel ,
chattel slave ,
chauffeur ,
chef ,
churl ,
civil servant ,
cleaner ,
cleaning man ,
cleaning woman ,
coachman ,
coadjutant ,
coadjutor ,
coadjutress ,
coadjutrix ,
common laborer ,
concubine ,
contrivance ,
cook ,
creature ,
daily ,
dangler ,
day laborer ,
debt slave ,
dependent ,
deputy ,
device ,
domestic servant ,
driver ,
dummy ,
dupe ,
employee ,
executive officer ,
factory worker ,
factotum ,
flunky ,
follower ,
footman ,
free lance ,
free -
lancer ,
full -
time worker ,
galley slave ,
go -
between ,
governess ,
groom ,
hand ,
handmaid ,
handmaiden ,
hanger -
on ,
heeler ,
helot ,
help ,
helper ,
helpmate ,
helpmeet ,
henchman ,
homager ,
houseboy ,
housekeeper ,
houseman ,
implement ,
industrial worker ,
inferior ,
instrument ,
interagent ,
intermediary ,
intermediate ,
intermedium ,
jobber ,
jobholder ,
junior ,
laborer ,
laboring man ,
lackey ,
lever ,
liege ,
liege man ,
liege subject ,
lieutenant ,
maid ,
maidservant ,
man ,
manservant ,
mechanism ,
mediator ,
medium ,
menial ,
midwife ,
migrant ,
minion ,
moiler ,
nanny ,
navvy ,
nurse ,
nursemaid ,
odalisque ,
office temporary ,
organ ,
page ,
paranymph ,
paraprofessional ,
pawn ,
peon ,
plaything ,
postilion ,
proletarian ,
public servant ,
puppet ,
retainer ,
right -
hand man ,
roustabout ,
salaried worker ,
satellite ,
scullion ,
second ,
secondary ,
self -
employed person ,
seneschal ,
serf ,
servitor ,
shadow ,
sideman ,
slave ,
steward ,
stewardess ,
stiff ,
stooge ,
subject ,
subordinate ,
supporting actor ,
supporting instrumentalist ,
tagtail ,
temporary ,
theow ,
thrall ,
toiler ,
tool ,
toy ,
tweeny ,
underling ,
understrapper ,
upstairs maid ,
valet ,
vassal ,
vehicle ,
villein ,
wage earner ,
wage slave ,
wageworker ,
waiter ,
waitress ,
ward heeler ,
wine steward ,
worker ,
workgirl ,
workhand ,
working girl ,
workingman ,
workingwoman ,
workman
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