servitor
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servitor
- /ˈsɜɹ.vɪ.təɹ/
- /ˈsɜɹ.vɪ.tɔɹ/
Where it comes from
From Middle English servitour, borrowed from Latin servītor, from servīre (“to serve”).
noun servitors
- One who performs the duties of a servant. The button-covered servitor had no doubt but that his sovereign's answer would be in reply, "Then he may go;" but he was mistaken, for Lady Anne had discovered that she looked well in her beautiful lace nightcaps, as most people do when their flesh has fallen away, and they are verging to the lanter
- One who serves in an army; a soldier.
- An undergraduate who performed menial duties in exchange for financial support from his college, particularly at Oxford University.
Talk about this word "servitor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/servitor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. servitor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/servitor "servitor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/servitor.Cite this
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title = {servitor},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
