menial
A servant, especially a domestic servantA servant, especially a domestic servant.
» The job was boring and menial.
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2 sensesA servant, especially a domestic servant.
Hausdiener, Domestik
слугаsluga
a domestic servant
A person who has a subservient nature.
unterwürfige Person, untertäniger Mensch
Examples
2 sentencesThe job was boring and menial.
Tom can only find menial work in this economy.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English meyneal, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from VuFrom Middle English meyneal, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō (“house”).
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