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"lang": "French",
"sense": "of or relating to work normally performed by a servant",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ancillaire"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of or relating to work normally performed by a servant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "labor"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of or relating to work normally performed by a servant",
"word": "untergeordnet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of or relating to work normally performed by a servant",
"word": "servile"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iyashii",
"sense": "of or relating to work normally performed by a servant",
"word": "賎しい"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gesen na",
"sense": "of or relating to work normally performed by a servant",
"word": "下賎な"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lakejskij",
"sense": "of or relating to work normally performed by a servant",
"word": "лакейский"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of or relating to work normally performed by a servant",
"word": "služinski"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of or relating to work normally performed by a servant",
"word": "lakejski"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of or relating to work normally performed by a servant",
"word": "lakajski"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of or relating to work normally performed by a servant",
"word": "underlydande"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waḍīʕ",
"sense": "of or relating to unskilled work",
"word": "وَضِيع"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nepohvaten",
"sense": "of or relating to unskilled work",
"word": "непохватен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or relating to unskilled work",
"word": "yksinkertainen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of or relating to unskilled work",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "subalterne"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "of or relating to unskilled work",
"word": "nieder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of or relating to unskilled work",
"word": "niedrig"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tanjun rōdō no",
"sense": "of or relating to unskilled work",
"word": "単純労働の"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of or relating to unskilled work",
"word": "poroteke"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of or relating to unskilled work",
"word": "nedrig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of or relating to unskilled work",
"word": "lavstatuspreget"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of or relating to unskilled work",
"word": "ufaglært"
}
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"menial"
],
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}
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"ref": "a. 1911, David Graham Phillips, Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise",
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"ref": "1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sluga",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "слуга"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lakej",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лакей"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "criat"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "minyona"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dienaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dienares"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "bediende"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meid"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "knecht"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "domestique"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "servente"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hausdiener"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Domestik"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "meshitsukai",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"word": "召し使い"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"word": "wheteke"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"word": "meyneal"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sluga",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"word": "слуга"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"word": "sluga"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"word": "služinče"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "criado"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "tjänare"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "domestic servant",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "underlydande"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "domestic servant",
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"plural"
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"word": "tjänstefolk"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "subservient person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "unterwürfige Person"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "subservient person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "untertäniger Mensch"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "subservient person",
"word": "poroteke"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "subservient person",
"word": "tia"
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