Jeevesn.
/dʒiːvz/, U.S. /dʒivz/ Used allusively of a valet or similar person.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet
manc1175
valet1567
varlet of the chamber1567
point-trusser1594
valect1610
valet-de-chambre1646
Andrew1700
gentleman's gentleman1704
bearer1727
sirdar-bearer1782
sardar1816
tiring-man1856
Jeeves1952
1952 ‘R. Gordon’ Doctor in House xiii. 149 I'll..get my evening clothes out, and appear as the Jeeves of the chafing dish.
1957 M. Summerton Sunset Hour i. 7 That dummy Jeeves we've hired for the evening.
1970 Times 8 Apr. 18/3 (advt.) Jeeves required to attend the needs of wealthy bachelor.
1972 E. Routley Puritan Pleasures of Detective Story xii. 140 Wimsey is buried in a trench and rescued by his batman. The batman becomes his Jeeves. In Bunter there is about 70 per cent Jeeves.
Derivatives
ˈJeevesian adj.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [adjective] > valet > like perfect valet
Jeeves-like1930
Jeevesian1962
1962 Observer 24 June 24/8 A periphrastic and Jeevesian repetition.
Jeeves-like adj. resembling Jeeves.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [adjective] > valet > like perfect valet
Jeeves-like1930
Jeevesian1962
1930 E. Waugh Labels iii. 46 The stewards..maintained a Jeeves-like standard of courtesy and efficiency.
1972 Listener 27 Jan. 125/2 His Jeeves-like valet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1930