servant

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

Similar word(s): retainer

Definition categories: person, worker

2. in a subordinate position

- the state cannot be a servant of the church

Similar word(s): handmaid, handmaiden

Definition categories: state, subordinateness, subsidiarity

Sentences with servant as a noun:

- There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.

- She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.

verb

1. (obsolete) To subject.