Associations to the word «Servant»

Wiktionary

SERVANT, noun. One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
SERVANT, noun. One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
SERVANT, verb. (obsolete) To subject.

Dictionary definition

SERVANT, noun. A person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
SERVANT, noun. In a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats