servant是什么意思（servant的用法）

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一、servant是什么意思

1、servant 仆人，佣人

2、来自 serve,服务，服侍，-ant,人。

二、servant的用法

1、servant (n.)

2、c. 1200, "personal or domestic attendant," from Old French servant "servant; foot-soldier," noun use of servant "serving, waiting," present participle of servir "to attend, wait upon" (see serve (v.)). Meaning "professed lover, one devoted to the service of a lady" is from mid-14c. In North American colonies and U.S., the usual designation for "slave" 17c.-18c. (in 14c.-15c. and later in Biblical translations the word often was used to render Latin servus, Greek doulos "slave"). Public servant is attested from 1670s.

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