servant

n.

1. One who is privately employed to perform domestic services.
2. One who is publicly employed to perform services, as for a government.
3. One who expresses submission, recognizance, or debt to another: your obedient servant.

[Middle English, from Old French, from present participle of servir, to serve. See serve.]

In CORBA, it refers to the actual CPU and memory resources chosen to execute an object. The servant, which is known only to the server, follows policies set in the Portable Object Adapter (POA). See POA and CORBA.

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n

Definition: person who waits on another
Antonyms: master, mistress

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n

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.

An agent who is not an independent contractor. One who works for, and is subject to, the control of the master; a person employed to "perform services in the affairs of another and who with respect to the physical conduct in the performance of the services is subject to the other's control or right to control.

"In determining whether one acting for another is a servant or an independent contractor, the following matters of fact, among others, are considered: (1) the extent of control which, by the agreement, the master may exercise over the details of the work; (2) whether or not the one employed is engaged in a distinct occupation or business; (3) the kind of occupation, with reference to whether, in the locality, the work is usually done under the direction of the employer or by a specialist without supervision; (4) the skill required in the particular occupation; (5) whether the employer or the worker supplies the instrumentalities, tools, and the place of work for the person doing the work; (6) the length of time for which the person is employed; (7) the method of payment, whether by the time or by the job; (8) whether or not the work is a part of the regular business of the employer; (9) whether or not the parties believe they are creating the relation of master and servant; and (10) whether the principal is or is not in business." Restatement (Second), Agency §220, pp. 485-87. A master is in many instances liable, under the theory of respondeat superior, for the torts of the servant, but not for those of an independent contractor. See also agent; fellow servant rule; master and servant.

IN BRIEF: A home helper who may cook, clean, drive, take care of children.

Money is a good servant but a bad master. — Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher.

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

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tjener, tjenerinde, tjenestepige, tyende

idioms:

• menial servant    tyende, tjenestefolk
• public servant    tjenestemand, offentligt ansat, embedsmand

Nederlands (Dutch)
bediende, dienaar, dienstbode, huisknecht

Français (French)
n. - domestique

idioms:

• menial servant    employé de maison
• public servant    fonctionnaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Diener, Dienstmädchen

idioms:

• menial servant    Hausangestellter
• public servant    Staatsbeamter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπηρέτης/-έτρια, υπάλληλος

idioms:

• menial servant    υπηρέτης
• public servant    δημόσιος υπάλληλος

Italiano (Italian)
persona di servizio

idioms:

• menial servant    persona di umile servizio
• public servant    impiegato civile

Português (Portuguese)
n. - criado (m), criada (f), servente (m), servidor (m)

idioms:

• menial servant    empregado doméstico
• public servant    funcionário público

Русский (Russian)
слуга, служащий, служитель, рабочая пчела

idioms:

• menial servant    слуга выполняющий черную работу
• public servant    государственный служащий

Español (Spanish)
n. - criado, doméstico, sirviente

idioms:

• menial servant    criada, doméstica, muchacha
• public servant    funcionario, funcionario público

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

idioms:

• menial servant    仆人
• public servant    公仆, 公务员

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

idioms:

• menial servant    僕人
• public servant    公僕, 公務員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 하인, 부하, 공무원

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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