One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave. / One who serves another, providing help in some manner.

(obsolete, transitive) To subject.

plural of servant

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of servant

present participle of servant

simple past tense and past participle of servant

A servant employed in a grand or middle class household.

A person employed in the civil service; a government employee.

(nautical, historical) Before 1796, the rating of a boy entering the Royal Navy at about the age of twelve before becoming a midshipman.

A person employed by the government. / (historical) Someone who labours for the public good; a convict assigned to work on public projects.