Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bodyservant.

Examples

  • He had taken on Lopin as his bodyservant after Nalesean's death, and the stout Tairen, with his blocky face and a beard that nearly reached his chest, was always popping in to bow his balding head and ask what "my Lord" would enjoy for his next meal or inquire whether "my Lord" had any need of wine or tea or would care for a plate of candied dried figs he had vaguely acquired somewhere.

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • Talmanes 'melancholy bodyservant, frequently accompanied him, largely because the skinny, gray-haired Cairhienin was bored.

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • He brought with him a collection of Indian curies, to say nothing of an independent fortune and several slaves — one, named Manuel, a tall, raw-boned black, was his constant attendant, a bodyservant, as it were.

    The Financier 2004

  • When Conrig had unaccountably chosen Deveron Austrey, his young footman, rather than a nobly born youth as bodyservant on the secret mission to Castle Vanguard, Mero was incensed, as though the presence of a commoner — even one who could read, write, and reckon — in the royal party were a personal affront.

    Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

  • The captain-general sent away his bodyservant and drew a skin of wine from under the furs.

    Conan the Relentless Green, Roland 1992

  • Whatever the bodyservant picks up may be grist to his master's mill.

    The Holy Thief Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1992

  • An officer had lost his bodyservant in May, 1863, when he mentioned the fact to some of the gentlemen of the and regiment, the reply was made:

    History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

  • Uncle Moses, her father's bodyservant, who was devoted to her, had been whipped almost to death, and she dared make no further attempt, for the sake of the poor black people.

    Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Herbert Strang

  • I was appointed bodyservant to the paymaster of the ship, a bucolic old Bourbon of the most pronounced aristocracy.

    From the Bottom Up Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941 1910

  • Vardos -- for instance -- bodyservant and sole military retainer of a princely line which for generation after generation had considered itself in humiliating straits unless there were at least a thousand lances at beck and call -- old Vardos had been thrown into a mental maelstrom by the sudden change in the lifelong existence.

    The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play Paul Dickey 1909

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.