SERVITOR


Meaning of SERVITOR in English

ˈsərvəd.ər, -vəˌtȯ(ə)r noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English servitour, from Middle French, from Late Latin servitor, from Latin servitus (past participle of servire to serve) + Latin -or

1. : a male servant : menial ; especially : a table waiter

2. archaic : one that serves a king especially as a soldier

3. : an undergraduate (as at Oxford) acting as servant to the fellows in return for his college expenses under a system now disused — compare exhibitioner , sizar

4. : a member of a chair of glassworkers who shapes the body of the product being made — compare footmaker , gaffer

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