- servitor
- noun Etymology: Middle English servitour, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin servitor, from Latin servire to serve Date: 14th century a male servant
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servitor — SERVITÓR, OÁRE, servitori, oare, s.m. şi f. Persoană angajată în serviciul cuiva pentru treburi casnice; p. gener. orice persoană care munceşte la stăpân; slugă. – Din fr. serviteur. Trimis de claudia, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 SERVITÓR s. 1.… … Dicționar Român
Servitor — Serv i*tor, n. [L., fr. servire to serve: cf. F. serviteur.] 1. One who serves; a servant; an attendant; one who acts under another; a follower or adherent. [1913 Webster] Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Univ. of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
servitor — [sʉr′və tər] n. [ME servitour < OFr < LL servitor < pp. of L servire, to SERVE] a person who serves another; servant, attendant, or, formerly, soldier … English World dictionary
Servitor — In certain universities (including some colleges of University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh), a servitor was an undergraduate student who received free accommodation (and some free meals), and was exempted from paying fees for… … Wikipedia
servitor — UK [ˈsɜː(r)vɪtə(r)] / US [ˈsɜrvɪtər] noun [countable] Word forms servitor : singular servitor plural servitors an old word meaning a servant … English dictionary
servitor — /serr vi teuhr/, n. 1. a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant. 2. a glass worker who blocks the gather and does the preliminary blowing of glass for the gaffer. [1300 50; ME servitour < AF < LL servitor, equiv. to L servi(re)… … Universalium
Servitor — Occurs only in 2 Kings 4:43, Authorized Version (R.V., servant ). The Hebrew word there rendered servitor is elsewhere rendered minister, servant (Ex. 24:13; 33:11). Probably Gehazi, the personal attendant on Elisha, is here meant … Easton's Bible Dictionary
servitor — ser•vi•tor [[t]ˈsɜr vɪ tər[/t]] n. a servant or attendant • Etymology: 1300–50; ME servitour < AF < LL servītor= L servī(re) to serve+ tor tor … From formal English to slang
Servitor (disambiguation) — Servitor may be used in the following contexts:*Servitor, an Oxford University undergraduate student who received free accommodation *Servitors, menial laborers of the Tech Priests in the Warhammer 40,000 universe *Imar the Servitor, a 1914… … Wikipedia
servitor — noun a) one who performs the duties of a servant. b) one who serves in an army; a soldier … Wiktionary
