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ˈman-ˌservant
Pl. men-servants.
A male servant.
1551Bible (Hyll) 2 Kings v. 26 It is a tyme..to receaue garments,..oxen, shepe, menseruantes and maydeseruants? 1611Bible Gen. xxiv. 35 Hee hath giuen him flocks, and heards,..men seruants, and mayd seruants. 1632Sherwood, A man-servant, serviteur. 1729Swift Direct. Serv. viii, It is highly improper for Men Servants to know that fine Ladies have Occasion for such Utensils. 1784Johnson Will, To the use of Francis Barber, my man-servant, a negro. 1902T. M. Lindsay Ch. & Ministry in Early Cent. viii. 355 The boy or man servant who followed his master when the latter went out of his house. |