Meaning
3 sensesOne 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.
(historical)An undergraduate who performed menial duties in exchange for financial support from his college, particularly at Oxford University.
Examples
1 sentencesBut to-night the elderly servitor was solemn and unloquacious beyond his custom.
Origin
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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