handservantn.

Brit.

/ˈhan(d)ˌsəːv(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈhæn(d)ˌsərv(ə)nt/

Forms: see hand n. and servant n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., servant n.

Etymology: < hand n. + servant n. Compare handwoman n. and earlier handmaid n.

A personal servant; an attendant. Also (now chiefly) figurative. Cf. handmaid n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun]

thanea700

yeoman1345

squirec1380

foot followera1382

handservanta1382

servitora1382

ministera1384

servera1425

squire of (or for) the body (or household)1450

attender1461

waitera1483

awaiter1495

tender?a1505

waiting-man1518

satellite?1520

attendant1555

sitter-byc1555

pediseque1606

asseclist?1607

tendant1614

assecle1616

fewterera1625

escudero1631

peon1638

wait1652

under spur-leather1685

body servant1689

slavey1819

tindal1859

maid-attendant1896

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xxv. 24 Mi lord in me be þis wickidnesse, speke I beseche þi handseruaunt [L. ancilla] in þi eres.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lxiij^v/1 Wold god that thy hand-seruaunt myght fynde that grace in thy syght.

1578 R. Day Bk. Christian Prayers f. 4^v The snares which the deuill, and his handseruant the world haue layd for me.

1646 T. Lushington Crell's Expiation of Sinner viii. 145 The word Leiturgist or Minister doth not always signifie a simple officer, waiter, or hand-servant.

1675 S. Loveday Alarm to Slumbring Christians 115 Those Servants that Christ doth intrust, are not his extraordinary, but his ordinary, and Manual or hand Servants.

1850 J. Searle Chapters in Hist. Life 204 Intellect and imagination are its [sc. the religious faculty's] hand-servants and helpers.

1860 W. Dalton White Elephant xxii. 268 Is it not wonderful..that the headman should condescend to become the hand-servant of one of his people?

1922 Locomotive Engineers Jrnl. Sept. 666/1 Chairman Phil P. Campbell..has deliberately held up investigation of the Department of Justice and proved himself a faithful hand servant of big business.

1973 M. L. Smith in A. M. Pescatello Female & Male in Lat. Amer. ii. 204 The domestic servant is one who provides domestic services such as butler, cook, handservant, nursemaid, etc.

2001 Toronto Star (Nexis) 3 Dec. a17 Defence policy should be the handservant of foreign policy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	handservant
释义	handservantn. Brit. /ˈhan(d)ˌsəːv(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌsərv(ə)nt/ Forms: see hand n. and servant n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., servant n. Etymology: < hand n. + servant n. Compare handwoman n. and earlier handmaid n. A personal servant; an attendant. Also (now chiefly) figurative. Cf. handmaid n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] thanea700 yeoman1345 squirec1380 foot followera1382 handservanta1382 servitora1382 ministera1384 servera1425 squire of (or for) the body (or household)1450 attender1461 waitera1483 awaiter1495 tender?a1505 waiting-man1518 satellite?1520 attendant1555 sitter-byc1555 pediseque1606 asseclist?1607 tendant1614 assecle1616 fewterera1625 escudero1631 peon1638 wait1652 under spur-leather1685 body servant1689 slavey1819 tindal1859 maid-attendant1896 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xxv. 24 Mi lord in me be þis wickidnesse, speke I beseche þi handseruaunt [L. ancilla] in þi eres. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lxiij^v/1 Wold god that thy hand-seruaunt myght fynde that grace in thy syght. 1578 R. Day Bk. Christian Prayers f. 4^v The snares which the deuill, and his handseruant the world haue layd for me. 1646 T. Lushington Crell's Expiation of Sinner viii. 145 The word Leiturgist or Minister doth not always signifie a simple officer, waiter, or hand-servant. 1675 S. Loveday Alarm to Slumbring Christians 115 Those Servants that Christ doth intrust, are not his extraordinary, but his ordinary, and Manual or hand Servants. 1850 J. Searle Chapters in Hist. Life 204 Intellect and imagination are its [sc. the religious faculty's] hand-servants and helpers. 1860 W. Dalton White Elephant xxii. 268 Is it not wonderful..that the headman should condescend to become the hand-servant of one of his people? 1922 Locomotive Engineers Jrnl. Sept. 666/1 Chairman Phil P. Campbell..has deliberately held up investigation of the Department of Justice and proved himself a faithful hand servant of big business. 1973 M. L. Smith in A. M. Pescatello Female & Male in Lat. Amer. ii. 204 The domestic servant is one who provides domestic services such as butler, cook, handservant, nursemaid, etc. 2001 Toronto Star (Nexis) 3 Dec. a17 Defence policy should be the handservant of foreign policy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382
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