servant

Definition

Examples

As a civil servant, she works for the city housing department.

Word Family

Synonyms

• attendantsomeone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
• domestica servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
• aidean officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

Collocations

• Easy faithful house servant
  describing faithful house servant (any loyal and steadfast following)
• Medium career civil servant dedicated to public service
  to career civil servant dedicated to public service, meaning to move headlong at high speed
• Hard act as humble servants of the public good
  to act as humble servants of the public good, meaning to perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
• Very Hard money is a good servant but a cruel master
  describing money is a good servant but a cruel master (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)