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Valet

A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.

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Assist 76% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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Attend 76% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Manservant 76% connected

A male servant.

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Serve 76% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

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Gentleman 92% connected

A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Man 92% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antistrophe noun · 78% connection

The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.

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Attendant noun · 78% connection

One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor.

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Bridesman noun · 78% connection

A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man."

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Buffer storage noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for dif…

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Buffer store noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for dif…

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Bull noun · 78% connection

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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Castrato noun · 78% connection

A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.

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Eyeservant noun · 78% connection

A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.

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Footman noun · 78% connection

A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.

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Hart noun · 78% connection

a male deer, especially an adult male red deer

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He obj. · 78% connection

Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively.

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Hectocotylus noun · 78% connection

One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of t…

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Horse noun · 78% connection

The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.

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Intrust verb · 78% connection

To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another…

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Knave noun · 78% connection

Any male servant; a menial.

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Lackey verb · 78% connection

An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.

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Mal- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix in composition denoting ill,or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in maledicti…

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Male verb · 78% connection

Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.

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