servant
noun
[ ˈsəːv(ə)nt ]
• a person who performs duties for others, especially a person employed in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant.
Similar:
attendant,
retainer,
domestic help,
domestic worker,
domestic,
help,
cleaner,
cleaning woman/lady,
helper,
lackey,
flunkey,
minion,
maid,
housemaid,
maidservant,
lady's maid,
handmaid,
parlour maid,
scullery maid,
serving maid,
girl,
maid-of-all-work,
footman,
page,
page boy,
valet,
butler,
man,
gentleman's gentleman,
batman,
manservant,
houseman,
houseboy,
boy,
housekeeper,
steward,
major domo,
coachman,
postilion,
equerry,
menial,
drudge,
hireling,
slave,
galley slave,
hired help,
mozo,
bearer,
chokra,
amah,
bai,
charwoman,
charlady,
char,
boots,
jong,
Mrs Mop,
daily woman,
daily,
skivvy,
scout,
bedder,
gyp,
seneschal,
abigail,
servitor,
scullion,
tweeny,
serving man,
serving woman,
serving wench,
turnspit,
varlet,
vassal,
serf,
famulus,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘(person) serving’, present participle (used as a noun) of servir ‘to serve’.
