Jackslave vs. Servant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Jackslave and Servant
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Definitions
Jackslave
A low servant; a mean fellow.
Servant
One who is privately employed to perform domestic services.
Jackslave
A low servant; a mean fellow.
Servant
One who is publicly employed to perform services, as for a government.
Servant
One who expresses submission, recognizance, or debt to another
Your obedient servant.
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Servant
One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.
Servant
One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.
Servant
(religion) A person who dedicates themselves to God.
Servant
(obsolete) A professed lover.
Servant
A person of low condition or spirit.
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Servant
To subject.
Servant
One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper.
Men in office have begun to think themselves mere agents and servants of the appointing power, and not agents of the government or the country.
Servant
One in a state of subjection or bondage.
Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt.
Servant
A professed lover or suitor; a gallant.
In my time a servant was I one.
Our betters tell us they are our humble servants, but understand us to be their slaves.
Servant
To subject.
Servant
A person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
Servant
In a subordinate position;
Theology should be the handmaiden of ethics
The state cannot be a servant of the church
