servant

«servant» in Mova's school dictionary: paid to work in someone else's home, doing jobs like… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a servant, servants)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who is paid to work in someone else's home, doing jobs like cooking, cleaning and serving food, especially in the past. tree →

2) A person who works for and serves others: a public servant (a government worker), a civil servant. tree →

3) (formal, old) Used politely at the end of old letters: «Your humble servant». tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons and stories, rich families had many servants: maids, cooks and butlers. Today «public servant» or «civil servant» means someone who works for the government. In maths: «The castle had 24 servants in 3 equal groups». Phrases: «civil servant», «public servant», «servants' quarters».

examples

• The castle had many servants. tree →
• The servant brought the king his dinner. tree →
• My aunt is a civil servant. tree →
• Firefighters are public servants. tree →
• The 18 servants worked in 3 groups of 6. tree →
• In the story, the servant turned out to be a princess. tree →
• We are no more than servants. tree →

note

Countable: servants. From «serve». Some old stories show servants treated unfairly; slavery is different — slaves were not free or paid.

In the corpora

• The Woman says they need no more friends or servants.
• «I am not a friend, and I am not a servant,» says the Cat.
• The servant who buried his talent said he was afraid of his master.
• The unforgiving servant was forgiven a huge debt but refused to forgive a small debt owed to him.
• At the Last Supper Jesus washed his disciples' feet, which was a servant's job.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «servant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.