manservant

manservant
noun (plural menservants) Date: 14th century a male servant

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Manservant — Man serv ant, n. A male servant. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • manservant — also man servant, 1550s, from MAN (Cf. man) (n.) + SERVANT (Cf. servant) …   Etymology dictionary

  • manservant — ► NOUN ▪ a male servant …   English terms dictionary

  • manservant — [man′sʉr΄vənt] n. pl. menservants [men′sʉr΄vənts] a male servant: also man servant …   English World dictionary

  • manservant — [[t]mæ̱nsɜː(r)v(ə)nt[/t]] manservants N COUNT A manservant is a man who works as a servant in a private house. [BRIT, OLD FASHIONED] They were waited on by a manservant. (in AM, use houseman) …   English dictionary

  • manservant — UK [ˈmænˌsɜː(r)v(ə)nt] / US [ˈmænˌsɜrvənt] noun [countable] Word forms manservant : singular manservant plural menservants UK [ˈmenˌsɜː(r)v(ə)nts] / US [ˈmenˌsɜrvənts] an old word meaning a man who is a servant, especially to another man …   English dictionary

  • manservant — noun A male servant. I asked my manservant to attend to the washing and cleaning …   Wiktionary

  • Manservant and Maidservant —   1st edition …   Wikipedia

  • manservant — /man serr veuhnt/, n., pl. menservants. a male servant, esp. a valet. [1545 55; MAN1 + SERVANT] * * * …   Universalium

  • manservant — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. valet, steward, attendant, man; see servant …   English dictionary for students

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