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noun a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
noun in a subordinate position
originFrom 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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