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- pronunciation:
- suhr
v
 nt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one whose job is to work for another person or household, esp. one who does domestic chores, such as cooking and cleaning.
It took many servants to prepare the banquets and to take care of such a large house.
- synonyms:
- domestic, menial, retainer, servitor
- similar words:
- attendant
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| definition 2: |
one who provides services, esp. to or on behalf of a government.
The mayor is quite aware that he is a public servant.- synonyms:
- public servant
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| related words: |
adjunct, appendage, hand, help, helper, lackey, train |
adjective + (n.)servant
apolitical,
civil,
colonial,
colored,
decent,
dedicated,
devoted,
distinguished,
domestic,
elected,
faithful,
female,
hard-working,
hired,
honorable,
humble,
incompetent,
indentured,
invisible,
lazy,
liveried,
lowly,
loyal,
obedient,
obsequious,
passive,
public,
retired,
salaried,
selfless,
senior,
suffering,
trusted,
unmarried,
unpaid,
wicked
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verb + (n.)servant
command, dedicate, depart, dismiss, dispatch, employ, hire, indenture, instruct, summon
(n.)servant
+ verb
bustle, fetch, hover, master, obey, scurry
noun + (n.)servant
attendant, carriage, castle, courtier, dependent, emperor, household, lord, maid, politician, ranking, retinue, robot, slavery
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| derivations: |
servantless (adj.), servantlike (adj.) |
The word servant
contains the following parts:
serv2
Latin
root
that means slave
  Example words:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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