servant

1. A person working in the service of another (especially in the household) (synset 110601606)
   is a type of: worker - a person who works at a specific occupation
   subtypes:

   • body servant - a valet or personal maid
   • cabin boy - a young man acting as a servant on a ship
   • domestic, domestic help, house servant - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
   • factotum - a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
   • familiar - a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
   • flunkey, flunky, lackey - a male servant (especially a footman)
   • major-domo, seneschal - the chief steward or butler of a great household
   • manservant - a man servant
   • menial - a domestic servant
   • scullion - a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
   • servant girl, serving girl - a girl who is a servant
   same as: retainer
2. In a subordinate position (synset 113975389)
   "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"
   is a type of: subordinateness, subsidiarity - secondary importance
   same as: handmaid, handmaiden

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