servant
n. countablen. a person who works in someone else's house, doing tasks like cleaning or cooking. In a religious context, it describes someone who serves God or a higher power with great devotion.
n. a person employed in another's household to perform domestic duties. In religious or formal contexts, it denotes an individual who performs duties for a deity or a government, often implying humility and obedience.
The wealthy family employed a servant to manage the large house.
In many religious texts, the prophet is described as a humble servant of God who follows every command.
While the historical role of the domestic servant has largely vanished in modern egalitarian societies, the term persists in the concept of a 'public servant' dedicated to the common good.
From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.
Often used with the preposition 'of' to indicate who is being served, such as a 'servant of the people'.