servant : Idioms & Phrases

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Body servant

  • noun a valet or personal maid
WordNet
  • a valet.
Webster 1913

bond servant

  • noun someone bound to labor without wages
WordNet
Bond" serv`ant
Definitions
  1. A slave; one who is bound to service without wages.
    If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant. Lev. xxv. 39, 40.
Webster 1913

civil servant

  • noun a public official who is a member of the civil service
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house servant

  • noun a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
    domestic; domestic help.
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public servant

  • noun someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)
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servant girl

  • noun a girl who is a servant
    serving girl.
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Servant of servants

  • one debased to the lowest condition of servitude.
Webster 1913

servant's entrance

  • noun an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse
    service door; service entrance.
WordNet

Your humble servant, ∨ Your obedient servant

  • phrases of civility often used in closing a letter.
Webster 1913