Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Servants collectively; a body of servants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A body of servants; servants, collectively.
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- noun A
body ofservants ; servants collectively.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such theoretical and statistical predictions are generally based upon trends in research on bureaucracies or developed through the observations of codes and practices of the 4th branch of government (i.e. our Washington bureaucracy and civil servantry), the judicial branch, or Congress over time.
Multidisciplined Research Can Explain the Bush Presidency 2008
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The tone was familiar, a custom of the Irish servantry which at times MacMurrough found charming.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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The tone was familiar, a custom of the Irish servantry which at times MacMurrough found charming.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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All the servantry of the dairy were standing in the red-brick entry to see them go out, the dairyman and his wife following to the door.
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It was evidently the gentleman's wish not to be disturbed in this pleasant tête-á-tête by the servantry.
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All the servantry of the dairy were standing in the red-brick entry to see them go out, the dairyman and his wife following to the door.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1884
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It was evidently the gentleman's wish not to be disturbed in this pleasant _tête-à-tête_ by the servantry.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1884
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The rest of the moving multitude was composed of the servantry and the camp-followers.
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Without a college degree, he's worked mostly in retail and food service, where he says he's found that "people don't want service, they want servantry."
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Without a college degree, he's worked mostly in retail and food service, where he says he's found that "people don't want service, they want servantry."
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