1. Noun
One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper.
2. Noun
One in a state of subjection or bondage.
3. Noun
A professed lover or suitor; a gallant.
4. Verb
To subject.
5. Noun
in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"
Vocabulary classified under Politics and government
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