Servant /(?)/

Serv·ant

Servant

n.
  1. 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.
    Men in office have begun to think themselves mere agents and servants of the appointing power, and not agents of the government or the country.
    — D. Webster.
  2. One in a state of subjection or bondage.
    Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt.
    — Deut. v. 15.
  3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.]
    In my time a servant was I one.
    Our betters tell us they are our humble servants, but understand us to be their slaves.

Phrases & Compounds
Servant of servants
one debased to the lowest condition of servitude.
Your humble servant
phrases of civility formerly often used in closing a letter, now archaic; -- at one time such phrases were exaggerated to include Your most humble, most obedient servant.

Servant

v. t.
  1. To subject. [Obs.]