Word

servant, n.
(servants)
freq. cnt. 9

a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

retainer servant

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym

body servant cabin boy domestic, domestic help, house servant factotum familiar lackey, flunky, flunkey major-domo, seneschal manservant menial scullion servant girl, serving girl

in a subordinate position
<noun.state>

handmaid handmaiden servant

sample sentences

"theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"
"the state cannot be a servant of the church"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

subordinateness, subsidiarity