servant · Contextualize

Etymology

From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.

derived from servant
inherited from servaunt

Definitions

1
One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation.…
One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.
- In the great houses, servants out of livery help to the different plats, servants in livery holding the dishes, sauces, etc., and changing the plates.
2
One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
- She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.
A person who dedicates themselves to God.
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1. A professed lover.
2. A person of low condition or spirit.
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Derived

assigned servant, body servant, bondservant, captain's servant, civil servant, covenanted servant, domestic servant, even-servant, eyeservant, eye-servant, fellow servant, indentured servant, maidservant, maid-servant, manservant, nonservant, outservant, public servant, servantage, servantdom, servantess, servanthood, servantless, servantlike, servantly, servant out of livery, servantry, servantship, underservant, who was your servant last year, womanservant, woman servant, your servant

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at servant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at servant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at servant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.