: one that serves others
a public servant
especially : one that performs duties for another as a personal or domestic attendant
servantless adjective
Examples of servant in a Sentence
the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them
Recent Examples on the Web
Thank you to the public servants wrestling with impossible decisions. —
Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026 Digital ethics expert Davi Ottenheimer argued that the presentation evoked both blackface and the fantasy of a controllable Black servant. —Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026 By taking on the condition of a servant, the Son reveals the Father’s glory, overturning the worldly standards that so often distort our conscience. —Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026 The latter is less of a mother to Agnes than Rosa (Kira Guloien), one of the household’s many Marthas (put-upon domestic servants). —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for servant
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Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026 Digital ethics expert Davi Ottenheimer argued that the presentation evoked both blackface and the fantasy of a controllable Black servant. —Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026 By taking on the condition of a servant, the Son reveals the Father’s glory, overturning the worldly standards that so often distort our conscience. —Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026 The latter is less of a mother to Agnes than Rosa (Kira Guloien), one of the household’s many Marthas (put-upon domestic servants). —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for servant
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“Servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/servant. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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servant
noun
ser·vant ˈsər-vənt 
: one that serves others
especially : a person hired to perform household or personal services
Etymology
Middle English servant "servant," from early French servant (same meaning), from a form of servir "to serve," from Latin servire "to be a slave, serve," from servus "slave, servant" — related to serf
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