单词 | your servitor |
释义 | > as lemmasyour servitor a. Used in formulaic expressions of polite deprecation, salutation, etc.; especially as your servitor (often as int.; sometimes elliptically as servitor). Cf. servant n. 8a, your servant at servant n. Phrases 2. Now rare (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > conventional or deferential your servitorc1405 beadsman1420 your servant1438 your (most) obedient servant (etc.)1543 rest1572 respects1631 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 477 Now maister quod this lord, I yow biseke No maister sire quod he, but seruytour Thogh I haue in scole that honour. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 618 I am a poore knyght and a servyture unto you and to all good knyghtes. 1562 O. Rowe in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 339 Your Honors pore sarvytor. 1580 J. Hay Certain Demandes in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 34 Yours most humble and obedient Seruiteure, Iohne Hay. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. vi. 7 Your truly devoted Servitor, J. H. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop: 2nd Pt. 16 There's a Tale for your Tale, Old Dad; and so—Serviteur. Exit. 1702 J. Vanbrugh False Friend i. 9 I like your Daughter very well; but for Marrying her—Serviteur. a1777 S. Foote Trip to Calais (1778) iii. 79 Serviture, Monsieurs and Mesdames!—Why, what the deuce is the matter? 1820 Ld. Byron Let. 24 May (1977) VII. 105 He will tell you any thing you may wish to know about the place and your humble servitor. 1915 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. July 24/2 I beg for the thousandth time that you be content for this once to trust implicitly your humble servitor. 2014 A. McCabe Betrayed by his Kiss i. 10 Your servitor, Lorenzo de' Medici. < as lemmas |
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