"manservant" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmænˌsɜː(ɹ)vənt/ Audio: En-us-manservant.oga [US] Forms: manservants [plural], menservants [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English man servant, man servaunt; equivalent to man + servant. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|man servant}} Middle English man servant, {{m|enm|man servaunt}} man servaunt, {{compound|en|man|servant}} man + servant Head templates: {{en-noun|s|menservants}} manservant (plural manservants or menservants)
  1. A male servant. Synonyms: servingman, man servant, man-servant Related terms: maidservant, houseboi Coordinate_terms: maidservant, servingmaid, servingwoman, womanservant Translations (male servant): otsein [masculine] (Basque), слуга (sluga) [masculine] (Bulgarian), miespalvelija (Finnish), serviteur [masculine] (French), Diener [masculine] (German), szolga (Hungarian), inas (Hungarian), heimilisþjónn [masculine] (Icelandic), þjónn [masculine] (Icelandic), einkaþjónn [masculine] (Icelandic), anculus [masculine] (Latin), اوشاق (uşak) (Ottoman Turkish), servidor [masculine] (Portuguese), слуга́ (slugá) [masculine] (Russian), servidor [masculine] (Spanish), གཡོག་པོ (g.yog po) (Tibetan), mañiye (Tocharian B), uşak (Turkish), ìránṣẹ́kùnrin (Yoruba)

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      "sense": "male servant",
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      "sense": "male servant",
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      "word": "servidor"
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      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "g.yog po",
      "sense": "male servant",
      "word": "གཡོག་པོ"
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      "sense": "male servant",
      "word": "mañiye"
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      "sense": "male servant",
      "word": "uşak"
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