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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.
Pronunciation
Noun
servant (plural servants)
- One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- Synonym: domestic
There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.
1837, James Fenimore Cooper, Gleanings in Europe: England:In the great houses, servants out of livery help to the different plats, servants in livery holding the dishes, sauces, etc., and changing the plates.
1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
- One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.
- (religion) A person who dedicates themselves to God.
- (obsolete) A professed lover.
- A person of low condition or spirit.
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Translations
one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation
- Aghwan: 𐔱𐔰𐕅𐔱𐔰𐕍𐔰𐔾 (bal'baq̇al)
- Albanian: shërbyes (sq) m, shërbyese (sq) f
- Amharic: ሎሌ (am) m (lole), አሽከር m (ʾäškär)
- Arabic: خَادِم (ar) m (ḵādim), خَادِمَة (ar) f (ḵādima), خَدَم (ar) pl (ḵadam)
- Egyptian Arabic: خدام (arz) m (ḵaddām), خدامة (arz) f (ḵaddāma)
- Armenian: ծառա (hy) (caṙa), սպասավոր (hy) (spasavor)
- Aromanian: dul (roa-rup) m, huzmichear (roa-rup) m, shcljau (roa-rup) m
- Azerbaijani: qulluqçu (az), nökər (az), xidmətçi (az)
- Bashkir: хеҙмәтсе (ba) (xeðmätse)
- Basque: otsein
- Belarusian: слуга́ (be) m (sluhá), служа́нка (be) f (služánka), прыслу́жнік (be) m (pryslúžnik), прыслу́жніца (be) f (pryslúžnica), слу́жка (be) m or f (slúžka)
- Bengali: নোকর (bn) (nōkor), চাকর (bn) (cakor)
- Bole: buda (bol)
- Breton: servijour (br) m, servijourez (br) f
- Bulgarian: слуга́ (bg) m (slugá), слуги́ня (bg) f (slugínja), прислу́жник (bg) m (prislúžnik), прислу́жница (bg) f (prislúžnica), служи́тел (bg) m (služítel), служи́телка (bg) f (služítelka)
- Burmese: အစေအပါး (my) (a.cea.pa:)
- Catalan: servent (ca) m, criat (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 僕人 / 仆人 (zh) (púrén), 傭人 / 佣人 (zh) (yōngrén), 奴僕 / 奴仆 (zh) (núpú), 奴役 (zh) (núyì)
- Cimbrian: diinar m, diinaren f
- Comorian:
- Maore Comorian: mutru wa hazi (swb) class 1/2
- Coptic: ⲃⲱⲕ (cop) m (bōk)
- Czech: sluha (cs) m, služka (cs) f, služebný (cs) m
- Old Czech: sluha m
- Danish: tjener (da) c
- Dutch: hulp (nl), hulpje (nl), huishoudhulp (nl), bediende (nl), knecht (nl) m, meid (nl) f, dienaar (nl) m
- Egyptian: (bꜣk m), (bꜣkt f)
- Erzya: вардо (myv) m (vardo), варданка (myv) f (vardanka)
- Esperanto: servisto (eo)
- Estonian: teenija (et), sulane (et)
- Finnish: palvelija (fi)
- French: domestique (fr) m or f, servante (fr) f, serviteur (fr) m (archaic)
- Friulian: sierf (fur) m, famei (fur) m, servidôr (fur) m
- Galician: servente (gl) m, criado (gl) m
- Georgian: მსახური (ka) (msaxuri)
- German: Diener (de) m, Dienerin (de) f, Lakai (de) m, Kammerdiener (de) m, Zofe (de) f, Bediensteter (de) m, Bediener (de) m, Dienstbote (de) m; (rural) Knecht (de) m, Magd (de) f
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐍃 (got) m (þius), 𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌹 (got) f (þiwi), 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (got) m (andbahts)
- Greek: υπηρέτης (el) m (ypirétis)
- Ancient Greek: θεράπων (grc) m (therápōn), θεράπαινα (grc) f (therápaina), λατρεύς (grc) m (latreús)
- Hanunoo: alaga
- Hausa: yaro (ha)
- Hebrew: מְשָׁרֵת (he) m (mesharét)
- Higaonon: kabulig
- Hindi: नौकर (hi) m (naukar), चाकर (hi) m (cākar), नौकरानी (hi) f (naukrānī), सेवक (hi) m (sevak), भृत्य (hi) m (bhŕtya), मुलाज़िम (hi) m (mulāzim)
- Hungarian: szolga (hu), cseléd (hu) (female), szolgálónő (hu)
- Icelandic: þjónn (is) m
- Indonesian: pembantu (id)
- Irish: seirbhíseach (ga) m, searbhónta (ga) m
- Italian: servo (it) m, servitore (it) m, domestico (it) m, famiglio (it) m
- Japanese: 召使い (ja) (meshitsukai), 奴僕 (ja) (nuboku), 使用人 (ja) (shiyōnin)
- Javanese: réwang (jv), réncang (jv)
- Kashmiri: خٲدِم m (khạ̄dim), نوکَر m (nōkar), نوکرٲنؠ f (nōkrạ̄n'), مُلٲزِم (mulạ̄zim)
- Kazakh: даяшы (kk) (dayašı), малай (kk) (malay), қызметші (kk) (qızmetši) (also figuratively)
- Khmer: អ្នកបំរើ (km) (nĕək bɑmraə), សេវកៈ (km) (seevaʼkaʼ), បាវ (km) (baaw) (female), ព្រាវ (km) (priəw)
- Korean: 하인(下人) (ko) (hain), 머슴 (ko) (meoseum), 사용인(使用人) (ko) (sayong'in)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: benî (ku), kole (ku), noker (ku)
- Kyrgyz: кызматчы (ky) (kızmatcı), кул (ky) (kul), малай (ky) (malay)
- Lao: ຂະຍົມ (lo) (kha nyom), ຂ້າ (lo) (khā), ບ່າວ (lo) (bāo)
- Latin: minister (la) m, ministra (la) f, famulus (la) m, famula (la) f
- Latvian: kalps (lv) m, kalpone (lv) f, sulains (lv) m
- Lithuanian: tarnas (lt) m, aidukas (lt) m
- Macedonian: слу́га (mk) m (slúga), слу́жител (mk) m (slúžitel), служи́телка (mk) f (služítelka)
- Malay: hamba (ms), khadam (ms)
- Maltese: qaddej (mt) m, seftur (mt) m
- Māori: hāwini (mi), tūmau (mi)
- Marathi: नोकर (nokar), सेवक (sevak)
- Marshallese: buwae
- Middle English: serjaunt (enm), servaunt (enm)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: зарц (mn) (zarc)
- Mongolian script: ᠵᠠᠷᠤᠴᠠ (mn) (ǰaruča)
- Navajo: naalʼaʼí (nv)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: tjener (no) m
- Occitan: sirvent (oc) m
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: слоуга (cu) m (sluga), слоужитель (cu) m (služitelĭ)
- Old East Slavic: слуга m (sluga)
- Old English: þeġn (ang) m
- Pali: sevaka (pi) m
- Pannonian Rusyn: слуга (rsk) m (sluha), служнїца (rsk) f (služnjica)
- Pashto: خدمتګار (ps) m (xedmatgār), نوکر (ps) m (nokár), خادم (ps) m (xādém)
- Persian:
- Dari: خِدْمَتْکَار (fa) (xidmatkār), نَوْکَر (fa) (nawkar), خَادِم (fa) (xādim), چَاکَر (fa) (čākar), مُلَازِم (fa) (mulāzim)
- Iranian Persian: خِدْمَتْکار (fa) (xedmatkâr), نُوْکَر (fa) (nowkar), خادِم (fa) (xâdem), چاکِر (fa) (čâker), مُلازِم (fa) (molâzem)
- Plautdietsch: Deena (nds) m
- Polish: sługa (pl) m pers, służący (pl) m pers, służąca (pl) f
- Portuguese: empregado (pt) m, criado (pt) m, serviçal (pt) m or f
- Romanian: servitor (ro) m, slugă (ro) f, slujitor (ro) m
- Russian: слуга́ (ru) m (slugá), служа́нка (ru) f (služánka), прислу́жник (ru) m (prislúžnik), прислу́жница (ru) f (prislúžnica) (dated), служи́тель (ru) m (služítelʹ), служи́тельница (ru) f (služítelʹnica) (dated)
- Sanskrit: सेवक (sa) m (sevaka), सेविका (sa) f (sevikā), भृत्य (sa) m (bhṛtya)
- Scottish Gaelic: searbhanta (gd) m or f, seirbhiseach (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: слу́га (sh) m, слу̀жа̄вка (sh) f, слу̏шкиња (sh) f
- Latin: slúga (sh) m, slùžāvka (sh) f, slȕškinja (sh) f
- Sicilian: criatu (scn) m (mostly female), servu (scn) m
- Slovak: sluha (sk) m, slúžka (sk) f
- Slovene: služabnik (sl) m, služabnica (sl) f, sluga (sl) m, služkinja (sl) f
- Spanish: sirviente (es) m or f, sirvienta (es) f criado (es) m, mozo (es) m, doméstico (es) m, empleado (es) m, mucamo (es) m, fámulo (es) m
- Swahili: mtumishi (sw)
- Swedish: betjänt (sv) c, tjänare (sv) c
- Tajik: хизматгор (tg) (xizmatgor), пешхизмат (tg) (pešxizmat), чокар (tg) (čokar), навкар (tg) (navkar)
- Tarifit: tayya (rif) f
- Tatar: хезмәтче (tt) (xezmätçe)
- Thai: ข้า (th) (kâa), บ่าว (th) (bàao), ภัจ (th) (pát), คนรับใช้ (th) (kon-ráp-chái), เสวก (th) (sěe-wók), คนใช้ (th) (kon-chái), ภฤตย์ (th) (prʉ́t)
- Tibetan: བྲན་གཡོག (bo) (bran g.yog)
- Tigrinya: ከዳሚ (ti) m (kädami)
- Tocharian B: mañiye ? (male), mañiya ? (female)
- Turkish: hizmetçi (tr), uşak (tr), kul (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish: اوشاق (ota) (uşak), خدمتجی (ota) (hizmetçi); عیواض (ota) (ʼayvaz) (cook-servant in large mansions)
- Turkmen: gullukçy (tk), hyzmatkär (tk), gul (tk), çory (tk) f
- Ukrainian: слуга́ (uk) m (sluhá), служни́ця (uk) f (služnýcja)
- Urdu: نَوکَر (ur) m (naukar), چاکَر (ur) m (cākar), نَوکَرانی (ur) f (naukarānī), خادِم (ur) m (xādim), مُلازِم (ur) m (mulāzim)
- Uyghur: خىزمەتچى (ug) (xizmetchi), مالاي (ug) (malay)
- Uzbek: xizmatkor (uz), malay (uz)
- Venetan: servidór (vec) m, famegio (vec) m, besariòl (vec) m
- Vietnamese: đầy tớ (vi), người hầu (vi)
- Yiddish: דינסט (yi) n (dinst), קנעכט (yi) m (knekht), באַדינער (yi) m (badiner), באַדינערטע (yi) f (badinerte)
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one who serves another, providing help in some manner Translations to be checked
- Albanian: (please verify) shërbëtor (sq) m
- Arabic:
- Egyptian Arabic: (please verify) خدام m (khadam)
- Esperanto: (please verify) servisto
- Estonian: (please verify) teener
- Ewe: (please verify) dɔla
- Haitian Creole: (please verify) sèvitè
- Hindi: (please verify) नौकर (hi) m (naukar)
- Hungarian: (please verify) szolga (hu), (please verify) cseléd (hu)
- Italian: (please verify) servo (it) m, (please verify) servitore (it) m or f
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: (please verify) نۆکەر (ckb) (noker), بەردەست (ckb) (berdest), خزمەتکار (ckb) (xizmetkar)
- Macedonian: (please verify) слуга m (sluga), (please verify) слугинка f (sluginka), (please verify) измеќар m (izmeḱar), (please verify) измеќарка f (izmeḱarka), (please verify) момок m (momok)
- Maltese: (please verify) servjent m, (please verify) rufjan m
- Old English: (please verify) þeġen m (1)
- Romanian: (please verify) servitor (ro) m, (please verify) slugă (ro) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: (please verify) слу́га f, (please verify) слу̀жа̄вка f
- Latin: (please verify) slúga (sh) f, (please verify) slùžāvka (sh) f
- Swahili: (please verify) utumishi (sw)
- Tagalog: (please verify) tagapaglingkod (tl)
- Telugu: (please verify) సేవకుడు (te) (sēvakuḍu)
- Urdu: (please verify) نوکر m (naukar)
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Verb
servant (third-person singular simple present servants, present participle servanting, simple past and past participle servanted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To subject.
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:Wife, Mother, Child, I know not. My affaires
Are Seruanted to others […]
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French servant, a substantivized present participle of servir. Cf. also Latin serviens, and French sergent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛʁ.vɑ̃/
- Hyphenation: ser‧vant
Participle
servant
- present participle of servir
Noun
servant m (plural servants, feminine servante)
- servant
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Latin
Verb
servant
- third-person plural present active indicative of servō
Middle English
Noun
servant
- alternative form of servaunt
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
servant m (definite singular servanten, indefinite plural servanter, definite plural servantene)
- a washbasin
- a sink
Synonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
servant m (definite singular servanten, indefinite plural servantar, definite plural servantane)
- a washbasin
- a sink
Synonyms
Old French
Verb
servant
- present participle of servir
Adjective
servant m (feminine servant or servante)
- that serves; that fulfils a role
Noun
servant oblique singular, m (oblique plural servanz or servantz, nominative singular servanz or servantz, nominative plural servant)
- servant (one who serves)
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