Meaning

5 senses
  1. One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.

    There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.

    Diener, Dienerin, Lakai

    слуга́slugá, служа́нкаslužánka, прислу́жникprislúžnik

    слуга́sluhá, служни́цяslužnýcja

  2. One who serves another, providing help in some manner.

    She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.

    Diener, Dienerin, Helfer

    служи́тельslužítelʹ, служи́тельницаslužítelʹnica

  3. A person who dedicates themselves to God.

  4. A person of low condition or spirit.

  5. (obsolete)A professed lover.

More definitions
  • a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
  • in a subordinate position

Examples

205 sentences
  1. Dogs have masters, cats have servants.

    Собаки мають господарів, коти — слуг. — deniko

    ruУ собак - хозяева, у кошек - слуги. — Karok

  2. Tom has no servants at all.

    Том узагалі не має слуг. — deniko

    deTom hat keinerlei Dienerschaft. — wolfgangth

  3. Tom still has three servants.

    У Тома все ще три слуги. — deniko

    deTom hat immer noch drei Diener. — wolfgangth

  4. Dogs have masters. Cats have servants.

    У собак є господарі. У котів — слуги. — deniko

    ruУ собак есть хозяева, у кошек — слуги. — marafon

    deHunde haben Herrchen, Katzen aber Knechte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. How many servants do you have?

    ruСколько у вас слуг? — Wezel

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation:
one who serves another, providing help in some manner:

Origin

From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the

From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.

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