| Meaning | A person working in the service of another (especially in the household). |
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| Synonym | retainer |
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| Narrower | body servant | A valet or personal maid |
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| cabin boy | A young man acting as a servant on a ship |
| domestic, domestic help, house servant | A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household |
| factotum | A servant employed to do a variety of jobs |
| familiar | A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support |
| lackey, flunky, flunkey | A male servant (especially a footman) |
| major-domo, seneschal | The chief steward or butler of a great household |
| manservant | A man servant |
| menial | A domestic servant |
| scullion | A kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing) |
| servant girl, serving girl | A girl / girl who is a servant |
| Broader | worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
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| Spanish | criado, servidor, sirviente |
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| Catalan | servent, servidor |
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| Verbs | serve | work for or be a servant to |
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