as in steward
a person hired to perform household or personal services
the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them
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Recent Examples of servant
And in between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Thank you to the public servants wrestling with impossible decisions.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
Digital ethics expert Davi Ottenheimer argued that the presentation evoked both blackface and the fantasy of a controllable Black servant.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
By taking on the condition of a servant, the Son reveals the Father’s glory, overturning the worldly standards that so often distort our conscience.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Thank you to the public servants wrestling with impossible decisions.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
Digital ethics expert Davi Ottenheimer argued that the presentation evoked both blackface and the fantasy of a controllable Black servant.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
By taking on the condition of a servant, the Son reveals the Father’s glory, overturning the worldly standards that so often distort our conscience.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for servant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servant
Noun
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The civil lawsuit accuses Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, and his top lieutenant, Greg Brockman, of double-crossing Musk by straying from the San Francisco company’s founding mission to be an altruistic steward of a revolutionary technology.—
Michael Liedtke,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Fort Lauderdale city leaders should be stewards of the taxpayers’ money, now and in the future.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The ladies Carnarvon, their daughters, and their guests—not to mention the governesses, maids, and cooks?—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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With the husbands off for a golf outing, Julia and Jane (well attended to by Chimo’s martini-mixing maid Saunders) get decked out in their evening finest and wait impatiently at Julia’s luxe apartment (Jane lives upstairs) for the mystery man Maurice to arrive.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
19 Apr. 2026
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Evelyn was out of work as a housekeeper for the duration of the war, when her employer, an elderly woman, left the country.—
Theia Chatelle,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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The housekeepers greet me with genuine care, the bartenders create cocktails with panache and smiles, and the doormen and women jauntily pose for pictures in their thick Batman-style winter cloaks.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Two kitchens, one commercial and the other for family, are supported by eight service and butler pantries.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
29 Apr. 2026
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The kitchen has a large island, gas cook top and ovens, granite countertops, a wet bar, butler’s pantry and a breakfast area with lake views.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
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That means, of course, she’s now been phased out of her role as a factory lackey in dystopian near-future Brazil due to her age.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Houston Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servant. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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