servitor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for servitor
Noun
  • In 2010, a three-part revival of Upstairs, Downstairs aired on British broadcaster BBC One, with Marsh reprising her role as Rose Buck, who had returned to London to run an agency for domestic servants after a period spent nursing her mother in Suffolk.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Few spoke up for the man viewed by many as a lowborn upstart, but Cromwell, his faithful servant, was the exception, petitioning Henry at great risk to his own reputation.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The show is sharpest when its sights are fixed on Norma and Joe, and also on the looming figure of Norma’s manservant and eternal enabler, Max.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The dialogue is witty and the characters are memorable, particularly Boris Karloff as hulking manservant Morgan.
    Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Only butlers and spa therapists may accept tips at some resorts.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The 26 cabins, each with a riverside balcony and lounge, are available with four-poster beds and a personal butler to complete the old-world experience.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of facing what Alondra is saying, Yasmin strides out of the room and instructs Henry Muck’s footman to fire the secretary.
    Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Bennett gained some experience at Buckingham Palace as a part-time footman (a lower-ranking role) before quitting the force.
    Peter Rubin, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • In 2006, a former Washington, D.C., hospital valet was sentenced to more than three years in prison for stalking a hospital employee.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The two actors chatted after dinner for five minutes by the valet before going their separate ways.
    Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The groom, who also died, was the son of the nation’s minister of public works.
    Frances Robles, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Three cleaning modes and five accessories (tangle-free turbine tool, pet groom tool, tool holder, stair tool, and combination tool) make this upright vacuum a jack of all trades.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Fresh off his San Vicente Bungalows run, Dimitri Dimitrov was back on hand as Tower Bar’s majordomo.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Alfred Molina, Ving Rhames, Toby Jones, and Paul Walter Hauser all drop by to add their touches to an underworld majordomo, a dogged BPD Special Ops officer, a political toady and Boston’s single dumbest thug, respectively.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The houseboy kept bringing food and water.
    Gillian Telling, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024
  • His mother moved the family to Malden, W.Va., where Washington worked as a salt packer, coal miner and houseboy.
    Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
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“Servitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servitor. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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