noun
- a person who is employed to work in another person’s house, doing tasks such as cooking, cleaning, or serving
- a person who works for and serves another person or organization
- a person devoted to serving God or a religious cause
Usage: religious context
Examples
- The wealthy family employed several servants to maintain their large estate.
- She worked as a servant in the mansion for over twenty years.
- The king’s servants attended to his every need.
- He considered himself a humble servant of God.
- The butler was the head servant in the household.
- Many servants lived in the basement quarters of the grand house.
- She devoted her life to being a servant of the poor and needy.