Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A male servant, especially a valet.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A man who is a servant.
Wiktionary
- n. A male servant.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A male servant.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a man servant
Etymologies
- man + servant (Wiktionary)
Examples
“One manservant is called the baker, and does nothing but brew and bake.”
“My little English cook, too, returns home with her, and my manservant is going back to Ireland to his own family.”
“I will call my manservant, and we will draw up the contract.”
“The manservant was the only slave she saw as they walked up the heavily tree-shaded lane to the door.”
“She longed to call her manservant to turn the fellow out of doors, but she dared not.”
“Independently of my wish that you should not be idling about a place like this, for years to come, I feel that for a debtor in the Fleet to be attended by his manservant is a monstrous absurdity.”
“‘Independently of my wish that you should not be idling about a place like this, for years to come, I feel that for a debtor in the Fleet to be attended by his manservant is a monstrous absurdity.”
“They are now trying to communicate with their new manservant, which is how they see you, since you are quite clearly not their mother. ”
“In 2008, the Opposition accused Mr Rudd of having a "manservant" to shine his shoes and put out his clothes in the morning while travelling.”
“Merlin also finds himself as the manservant to Prince Arthur (Bradley James) who treats him with disdain, but who also shows him a sense of friendship and loyalty.”
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