servitor
One who performs the duties of a servantOne who performs the duties of a servant.
» But to-night the elderly servitor was solemn and unloquacious beyond his custom.
Значення
значень: 3One who performs the duties of a servant.
1884, W.S. Gilbert, Princess Ida You'll find no sizars here, or servitors / or other cruel distinctions meant to draw / a line 'twixt rich and poor
someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
One who serves in an army; a soldier.
(історичне)An undergraduate who performed menial duties in exchange for financial support from his college, particularly at Oxford University.
Приклади
речень: 1But to-night the elderly servitor was solemn and unloquacious beyond his custom.
Походження
From Middle English servitour, borrowed from Latin servītor, from servīre (“to serve”).From Middle English servitour, borrowed from Latin servītor, from servīre (“to serve”).
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