servant

Meanings

Noun

• One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
• One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
• A person who dedicates themselves to God.
• A professed lover.
• A person of low condition or spirit.

Verb

• To subject.

Origin

• From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. sergeant, and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native .