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- pronunciation:
- suhr
v
 nt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A servant is a person whose job is to clean another person's house or cook their food or do other things around their home. They get paid for their work, but they have only one employer and don't work anywhere else. Sometimes servants live somewhere in the same house as the people they work for.
The king had many servants who cooked his meals, served him at his table, and carried out his many wishes.The family was very rich and had servants to do all the cleaning and cooking.
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| definition 2: |
A person who is part of a government and whose job is to work for the people of a city, state, or country is often called a "public servant."
A good mayor doesn't forget that he or she is a public servant. |
| related words: |
hand, helper |
| derivations: |
servantless (adj.), servantlike (adj.) |
The word servant
contains the following parts:
serv2
Latin
root
that means slave
  Example words:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
accident, accidental, adjacent, affluent, agent, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, complacent, confident, consultant, continent, current, dependent, different, disinfectant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, incessant, indignant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, president, prudent, pungent, reluctant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, vacant
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