as in steward
a person hired to perform household or personal services
the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them
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Recent Examples of servant
Let’s rebrand servant leadership as compassionate leadership, where compassion is directed both outwardly toward others and inwardly toward ourselves.
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Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
In Genesis 24, Abraham sends his servant Eliezer to find a wife for his son Isaac.
—Mark Gerson, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
The Forty Steps, located at the end of Narragansett Avenue a half mile north of the Breakers, was a popular meeting spot for Gilded Age domestics, especially Irish servants, who gathered there to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
—AFAR Media, 3 July 2025
Ironically, to be the servant of all requires enormous independence.
—Jim Rigby, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for servant
Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
In Genesis 24, Abraham sends his servant Eliezer to find a wife for his son Isaac.
—Mark Gerson, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
The Forty Steps, located at the end of Narragansett Avenue a half mile north of the Breakers, was a popular meeting spot for Gilded Age domestics, especially Irish servants, who gathered there to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
—AFAR Media, 3 July 2025
Ironically, to be the servant of all requires enormous independence.
—Jim Rigby, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for servant
Noun
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Montreux Media Ventures is a pioneering steward of cultural heritage, presiding over one of the world’s most significant audio-visual Collection from the renowned Montreux Jazz Festival.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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Entry level candidates can join the deck, engine or steward’s department in an entry-level position by contacting a company or a union hall or training at a maritime academy, college, school or training establishment.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Molly the maid, by now promoted to head maid at her posh hotel, is on the spectrum, and her literal understanding of the world makes for both funny moments and good insights.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
6 July 2025
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Could the maid be delivering a letter from another suitor?—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Birney also enlisted Chase’s help with the case of his housekeeper, Mathilda.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Irena brought in her early-twenties Mexican housekeeper, Gabriela, for a consultation.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
Noun
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While the hotel pool is small and not great for families who love big resort pools, the hotel makes up for it with beach butler service.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 July 2025
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For all the culinary bells and whistles at Bateleur, our favorite food and drink moment was the simplest: the pots of piping-hot tea and coffee delivered by our butler through a hatch at the side of our tent in the pre-dawn darkness, to wake us up in time for a safari.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Outside of one good scene between Clark and Lois, almost every frame is constantly packed with characters, whether this is the (admittedly very funny) Justice Gang (Nathan Fillion’s Green Lantern, Isabela Merced’s Hawkgirl and Edi Gathegi’s scene-stealing Mister Terrific) or Lex and his lackeys.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Where Supes clocks an evil lackey straight in the jaw so hard that his teeth hit the camera lens?—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025
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“Servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servant. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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