as in steward
a person hired to perform household or personal services
the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them
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Recent Examples of servant
My great-great-great-great grandmother was a servant at Rancho Buena Vista Adobe and sadly passed away there.
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
Carrigan plays the dutiful, largely silent family servant in the movie.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025
In the film, a loyal government servant accepts a promotion, a move that will be beneficial to him, his wife, and their two teenage daughters.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 Mar. 2025
Dominik Szot, executive coach for leaders’ legacy, servant leader, global entrepreneur, founder/CEO of MIA, situational leadership trainer.
—Dominik Szot, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
Carrigan plays the dutiful, largely silent family servant in the movie.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025
In the film, a loyal government servant accepts a promotion, a move that will be beneficial to him, his wife, and their two teenage daughters.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 Mar. 2025
Dominik Szot, executive coach for leaders’ legacy, servant leader, global entrepreneur, founder/CEO of MIA, situational leadership trainer.
—Dominik Szot, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for servant
Noun
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News of Salke’s departure comes a month after Amazon MGM Studios gained creative control over the iconic James Bond franchise from longtime stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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Of course taxes and finances are at the heart of most municipal elections, and voters’ first task really is to ascertain who among their choices will be the best stewards of public funds.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Diminutive Darcy Rose Byrnes makes for a terrific waif of a hotel maid, her presence central to the action.—
Christopher Smith,
Orange County Register,
17 Mar. 2025
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His father was a bartender and his mother a hotel maid.—
Matt Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Many are the children of immigrants who work or worked as nannies, caregivers to the elderly, housekeepers and gardeners.—
Daisy Verduzco Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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Her relationships with her father, godmother and confidante, Lizzie, who is a housekeeper for the Murray family, are wonderfully well-written.—
The Know,
The Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Photo : Jo David for Sotheby’s International Realty The butler’s pantry.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
21 Mar. 2025
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Enameled and gilded and madly ornate, installed under ultra-bright lights in a nook-like space — a former butler’s pantry?—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Neither Evil Steve Jobs nor his mercenary lackey are given much of a motor and oppressive presence.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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The long-tail effect of all this is to make Quinn and all his many lackeys seem as toothless a threat as Zachary Beck is.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The women, all senior citizens by now, are skeptical at first.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2025
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As the woman in all black inches closer, the horror and tension ratchets up.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servant. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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