English
Etymology
From Middle English servitour < L. servītor < Latin servīre, to serve
Pronunciation
AHD: /sûr'vÄ-tôr'/
Noun
en-noun
#one who performs the duties of a servant.
#one who serves in an army; a soldier.
- an undergraduate who performed menial duties in exchange for financial support from his college, particularly at Oxford University
Quotations
1884, w:W.S. Gilbert|W.S. Gilbert, w:Princess Ida|Princess Ida
:"You'll find no sizars here, or servitors/or other cruel distinctions meant to draw/a line betwixt|'twixt rich and poor"
1919, w:Ronald Firbank|Ronald Firbank, w:Valmouth|Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 22
pl:servitor
ru:servitor
te:servitor
vi:servitor
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