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noun
One who performs the duties of a servant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One who serves in an army; a soldier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An undergraduate who performed menial duties in exchange for financial support from his college, particularly at Oxford University.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: attendant, attender, tender
History
From Middle English servitour, borrowed from Latin servītor, from servīre (“to serve”).
