"your servant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: your servants [plural]
Etymology: Seemingly from I am your servant. Head templates: {{en-noun}} your servant (plural your servants)
  1. (archaic) Used as a greeting, especially to a lady. Tags: archaic Translations (archaic: greeting): palveluksessanne (Finnish), kezét csókolom (Hungarian), alázatos szolgája [dated] (Hungarian), alászolgája (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-your_servant-en-noun-R4Hr5CUY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English first person pronouns, English phrasebook, English pronouns, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 0 Disambiguation of English first person pronouns: 43 46 12 Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 55 45 0 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 43 36 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'archaic: greeting': 93 7
  2. (archaic) Used as a closing of a personal letter. Tags: archaic Translations (archaic: closing): Teidän (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-your_servant-en-noun-6FA6XosC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English first person pronouns, English phrasebook, English pronouns, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 0 Disambiguation of English first person pronouns: 43 46 12 Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 55 45 0 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 43 36 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'archaic: closing': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

Etymology: Calque of Biblical Hebrew עַבְדְּךָ (ʿaḇdəḵā) and עַבְדְּכֶם (ʿaḇdəḵem) Etymology templates: {{calque|en|hbo|עַבְדְּךָ|tr=ʿaḇdəḵā}} Calque of Biblical Hebrew עַבְדְּךָ (ʿaḇdəḵā) Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} your servant, {{en-pronoun}} your servant
  1. (humble, archaic, chiefly in Bible translations) I, me Tags: archaic, humble Related terms: thy servant
    Sense id: en-your_servant-en-pron-QtscG1eb Categories (other): English first person pronouns, English pronouns Disambiguation of English first person pronouns: 43 46 12 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 43 36 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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