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manservant

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmænˌsɜː(ɹ)vənt/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English man servant, man servaunt; equivalent to man + servant.

  1. A male servant.

    I asked my manservant to attend to the washing and cleaning.

    Sixe dayes thou ſhalt labour, and doe all thy worke. But the ſeuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou ſhalt not doe any worke, thou, nor thy ſonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man ſeruant, nor thy maid ſeruant, nor thine oxe, nor thine aſſe, nor any of thy cattel, nor thy ſtranger that is within thy gates, that thy man ſeruant and thy maid ſeruant may reſt as well as thou.