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# servant

«servant» in Mova's school dictionary: **paid to work in someone else's home, doing jobs like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a servant, servants)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who is paid to work in someone else's home, doing jobs like cooking, cleaning and serving food, especially in the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/#m1)

2) A person who works for and serves others: a public servant (a government worker), a civil servant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/#m2)

3) (formal, old) Used politely at the end of old letters: «Your humble servant». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons and stories, rich families had many servants: maids, cooks and butlers. Today «public servant» or «civil servant» means someone who works for the government. In maths: «The castle had 24 servants in 3 equal groups». Phrases: «civil servant», «public servant», «servants' quarters».

### examples

- The castle had many servants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/#x1)
- The servant brought the king his dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/#x2)
- My aunt is a civil servant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/#x3)
- Firefighters are public servants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/#x4)
- The 18 servants worked in 3 groups of 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/#x5)
- In the story, the servant turned out to be a princess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/#x6)
- We are no more than servants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/#x7)

### note

Countable: servants. From «serve». Some old stories show servants treated unfairly; slavery is different — slaves were not free or paid.

### In the corpora

- [The Woman says they need no more friends or servants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/2/)
- [«I am not a friend, and I am not a servant,» says the Cat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/3/)
- [The servant who buried his talent said he was afraid of his master.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/6/)
- [The unforgiving servant was forgiven a huge debt but refused to forgive a small debt owed to him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/15/)
- [At the Last Supper Jesus washed his disciples' feet, which was a servant's job.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «servant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.