SERVANT


Meaning of SERVANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sɜ:(r)v(ə)nt ]

( servants)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

A servant is someone who is employed to work at another person’s home, for example as a cleaner or a gardener.

N-COUNT

2.

You can use servant to refer to someone or something that provides a service for people or can be used by them.

The question is whether technology is going to be our servant or our master.

N-COUNT

see also civil servant

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