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Narrator: Today's word is "Servant" — noun, pronounced /ˈsɜːvənt/, with the stress on "ser".
Narrator: A servant is a person employed to do work for another, especially household work.
Narrator: In plain English, it is someone who serves others.
Narrator: It comes from old French servant, serving, from Latin servire.
Narrator: A common collocation is "civil servant", which describes someone who works for the government.
Narrator: It differs from "employee", because servant suggests personal or household service.
Narrator: In a second sense, "public servant" praises someone who works for the community.
Narrator: History, government, literature and religion all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a servant serves.
Speaker A: Who worked in the big house kitchens?
Speaker B: The SERVANTS! From Latin servire, to serve.
Speaker A: Upstairs and downstairs?
Speaker B: Exactly like the drama.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "She's a civil servant", jobs. "Victorian servants worked long hours", history. "A dedicated public servant", tribute.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it with "-ant", "servant".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Attendant is its cousin, domestic its twin, and butler an alternative — yet servant keeps its dutiful charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "servant" in AI prompts — useful for history lessons and job descriptions.
Speaker A: How for history?
Speaker B: Daily life.
Prompt: Describe a day in the life of a Victorian kitchen servant for Year 6.
Speaker A: And jobs?
Speaker B: Civil service.
Prompt: Explain what a UK civil servant does in plain English.
Speaker A: Could it help museums?
Speaker B: Yes, for labels.
Prompt: Write a label for a country house’s servants’ bell board.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Tributes.
Prompt: Write a tribute to a retiring councillor as a true public servant.
Servant — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary