
[Middle English, from Old French, from present participle of servir, to serve. See serve.]
Definition: person who waits on another
Antonyms: master, mistress
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
— Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher.
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Quotes:
"People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business."
- Francis Bacon
"We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life's lived before it gets to the parlor door."
- Djuna Barnes
"His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall."
- Sir James M. Barrie
"The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his Lord."
- Bible
"One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves."
- Miguel De Cervantes
"In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master."
- Marcus T. Cicero
See more famous quotes about Servants
One who is employed to perform personal services (other than those that would be rendered in an independent calling) for an employer and who, in that service, remains entirely under the control of the employer.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - tjener, tjenerinde, tjenestepige, tyende
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Nederlands (Dutch)
bediende, dienaar, dienstbode, huisknecht
Français (French)
n. - domestique
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Diener, Dienstmädchen
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπηρέτης/-έτρια, υπάλληλος
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Italiano (Italian)
persona di servizio
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - criado (m), criada (f), servente (m), servidor (m)
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Русский (Russian)
слуга, служащий, служитель, рабочая пчела
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Español (Spanish)
n. - criado, doméstico, sirviente
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tjänare, tjänarinna
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
仆人, 雇工, 佣人, 事务员, 公务员, 公仆, 献身于神者
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 僕人, 雇工, 傭人, 事務員, 公務員, 公僕, 獻身於神者
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日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 使用人, 公務員, 奉仕者, 家来
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) خادم
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - משרת, פועל-בית, עוזרת, חסיד מסור של מנהיג
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