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
Harris/Walz: willing servants of the serial killer.
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airmail.news, 9 Nov. 2024
Some of them treat them kind of like servants, some of them are very respectful, and some of them make friends.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Money will cease to be the master and become the servant of humanity.
—Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The film follows two part-tribal sisters trained as servants by an English madame on a Himalayan colonial estate.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
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airmail.news, 9 Nov. 2024
Some of them treat them kind of like servants, some of them are very respectful, and some of them make friends.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Money will cease to be the master and become the servant of humanity.
—Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The film follows two part-tribal sisters trained as servants by an English madame on a Himalayan colonial estate.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for servant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servant
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Conclave sees the beauty in those differences and how Catholicism persists, as flawed as its stewards may be.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025
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Pegula entrusted McDermott and Beane as company-wide stewards and has gotten out of the way.Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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About half of those companies are one-person operations, like maids and landscapers, who had no idea the federal law was bearing down on them.Zach Tuggle, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Her mother was a maid who worked at one time for legendary actress Lucille Ball.Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
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From 2003 to 2017, Mr. Trump’s companies were approved for more than 1,000 H-2 visas for jobs like cooks, housekeepers and waiters at his properties, including Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., and the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla., Labor Department data show.Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Many people are tipping their babysitters, housekeepers and teachers this holiday season, but often by the same amounts as three years ago.J.J. McCorvey, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Boston Globe reported on a patrol boat crew that consisted of a newspaper photographer, an artist, a salesman, a garage mechanic and a butler.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Think about how fabulous the sunset will be from your cozy spot, and feel like royalty with 24-hour in-room dining, in-room check-in, and a butler who tries to anticipate your every need.Sheryl Nance-Nash, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2024
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The current cast is rounded out by Alison Brie, who will play another Skeletor lackey, Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba, who will play the noble Man-at-Arms, and Riverdale's Camila Mendes as Teela, Man-at-Arms's daughter and He-Man's right-hand woman.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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Among the most glaring examples is Ninth Division Commander Gen. Roh Tae-gun (Park Jae-hoon, excellent), a weak-willed lackey seduced by power and greed who’s based on Roh Tae-woo, Chun’s successor as president in 1988.Richard Kuipers, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Warning labels are currently required on alcoholic beverages to state that women who are pregnant should not drink alcohol due to the risk of birth defects.Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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No charges were filed, although Hegseth subsequently paid the woman as part of a settlement agreement, which Hegseth's attorney said was only because Hegseth feared his career would suffer if her allegations were made public.Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servant. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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