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- noun   Plural form of 
eyeservant . 
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Examples
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You that live in town are eyeservants behind your master's back.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl aka Brent Linda 1861
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You that live in town are eyeservants behind your master's back.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Harriet Ann Jacobs 1855
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A few days after the return of Armenteros he saw humility and flattery disappear from the few faces which had till then servilely smiled upon him; the last small crowd of base flatterers and eyeservants vanished from around his person; his threshold was forsaken; he perceived that the fructifying warmth of royal favor had left him.
The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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A few days after the return of Armenteros he saw humility and flattery disappear from the few faces which had till then servilely smiled upon him; the last small crowd of base flatterers and eyeservants vanished from around his person; his threshold was forsaken; he perceived that the fructifying warmth of royal favor had left him.
History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Complete Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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A few days after the return of Armenteros he saw humility and flattery disappear from the few faces which had till then servilely smiled upon him; the last small crowd of base flatterers and eyeservants vanished from around his person; his threshold was forsaken; he perceived that the fructifying warmth of royal favor had left him.
History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
 
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