servant
US: /ˈsɝvənt/
UK: /sˈɜːvənt/
UK: /sˈɜːvənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
servant /'sə:vənt/
- danh từ
- người hầu, người đầy tớ, người ở
- servants of the people: đầy tớ của nhân dân
- civil servants: công chức, viên chức nhà nước
- public servants: quan chức
- bầy tôi trung thành
- a servant of Jesus Christ: bầy tôi của Chúa Giê-xu
- a good servant but a bad master
- vật để dùng chứ không phải để thờ; cái coi là phương tiện chứ đừng coi là mục đích
- người hầu, người đầy tớ, người ở
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a person who works in another person's house, and cooks, cleans, etc. for them: a domestic servant + They treat their mother like a servant.
2 a person who works for a company or an organization: a public servant
See also -
3 a person or thing that is controlled by sth: He was willing to make himself a servant of his art.
Idioms see OBEDIENT
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 domestic (servant), help, retainer; maid, maidservant, parlour-maid, upstairs maid, lady's maid, cleaner, cleaning man, cleaning woman, amah; housekeeper, chatelaine, major-domo, factotum, steward, seneschal, butler, houseman, houseboy, boy, page; valet, man, gentleman's gentleman, manservant, serving-man, footman, foot-boy, chauffeur, driver, attendant, groom; governess, au pair (girl), nurse, nursemaid, ayah; cook, chef, waiter, waitress, stewardess, wine steward, sommelier (des vins); menial, lackey, dogsbody, Archaic servitor, Historical coachman, postilion, serving-woman, serving-girl, servant-girl, serving-wench, scullery-maid, scullion, Literary cup-boy, Ganymede, Chiefly Brit nanny, Brit boots, charwoman, charlady, daily, tweeny, US scrubwoman:
Who can afford to keep domestic servants these days?
2 civil servant. civil-service employee or worker, public servant, (government or State) official, office-holder, government worker:
In his capacity as a civil servant, Richard has worked for several different governments.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
devoted, faithful, good, loyal, trusted | female, male | maid | hired | indentured | personal | domestic, farm, household, royal
VERB + SERVANT
employ, have
SERVANT + VERB
serve sb, wait on sb
An army of servants waited on the king's household.
SERVANT + NOUN
girl
PHRASES
an army/a retinue of servants
The duchess arrived, surrounded by her retinue of servants.
| servants' quarters
Concise English dictionary
servants'sɜrvnt /'sɜːvnt
noun
+a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
+in a subordinate position
