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- noun Plural form of
seruant .
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Examples
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Now when he awaked, he lept foorth of his bed, got his sword in his hand, & called his seruants to come & helpe him.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I. Raphael Holinshed
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Interestingly, she expressed gratitude to Cromwell for arranging for her reconciliation with the king following her submission; she was grateful not just on her behalf but also for "me and my seruants."
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Overseeing these departments was a complete staff of senior officers including a chamberlain, vice chamberlain, steward, and a controller, all supported by "yomen and gromes of the hall" as well as "sundry boyes, pages and seruants."
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And on the morow we sent him a flagon of Muscadel wine (which had lasted very wel in so long a iourney) and a boxe full of bisket, which was most acceptable vnto him and he kept our seruants with him for that euening.
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I sawe there no such citerns and vials as ours commonly be, but many other musicall instruments which are not vsed among vs. And when the master of the house begins to drinke, one of his seruants cryeth out with a lowde voice HA, and the minstrell playes vpon his fidle.
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For certaine Russians, Hungarians, and Alanians being seruants vnto the
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Dutchmen seruants vnto one Buri, of whom Frier Andrew made mention.
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When our seruants offered them any coine called Yperpera, they rubbed it with their fingers, and put it vnto their noses, to try by the smell whether it were copper or no.
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Whereupon Baatu wrote vnto his seruants to bring their Lorde bound vnto him.
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After the seruaunt aforesaide hath so discharged his cuppes to the fower quarters of the world, hee returneth into the house: and two other seruants stand ready with two cuppes, and two basons, to carrie drinke vnto their master and his wife, sitting together vpon a bed.
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