Definitions for servant

servant serv·ant

Spelling: [sur-vuh nt]
IPA: /ˈsɜr vənt/

Servant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in servant (aenrstv).

Definitions for servant

noun

  1. a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
  2. a person in the service of another.
  3. a person employed by the government:

Origin of servant

1175-1225; Middle English Old French, noun use of present participle of servir to serve; see -ant

Examples for servant

Such a servant of the country should be well paid by the country.

"But he said it was most important, sir," the servant went on.

In the Netherlands, St. Nick has Zwarte Piet (Black Pete), a type of servant who hands out pranks as well as candy.

Cursed be Canaan;
 A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

She mistook him for a servant and fed him kindly; later, she found out that the man was a top advisor to a major general.

At length the servant returned, saying his master was now ready to see them.

God shall enlarge Japheth,
 And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;
 And Canaan shall be his servant.

"Ask Mrs. Holroyd if she will have the kindness to come here for a minute," he said to the servant.

Her agency had to take her out of the country that very evening after it was made clear that the servant had sworn to kill her.

If a servant complained of being abused, his master had no power to retain him.

Word Value for servant
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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