Servitor

Servitor
Servitor Serv"i*tor, n. [L., fr. servire to serve: cf. F. serviteur.] 1. One who serves; a servant; an attendant; one who acts under another; a follower or adherent. [1913 Webster]

Your trusty and most valiant servitor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. (Univ. of Oxford, Eng.) An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities. [1913 Webster]


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  • servitor — SERVITÓR, OÁRE, servitori, oare, s.m. şi f. Persoană angajată în serviciul cuiva pentru treburi casnice; p. gener. orice persoană care munceşte la stăpân; slugă. – Din fr. serviteur. Trimis de claudia, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  SERVITÓR s. 1.… …   Dicționar Român

  • servitor — [sʉr′və tər] n. [ME servitour < OFr < LL servitor < pp. of L servire, to SERVE] a person who serves another; servant, attendant, or, formerly, soldier …   English World dictionary

  • Servitor — In certain universities (including some colleges of University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh), a servitor was an undergraduate student who received free accommodation (and some free meals), and was exempted from paying fees for… …   Wikipedia

  • servitor — UK [ˈsɜː(r)vɪtə(r)] / US [ˈsɜrvɪtər] noun [countable] Word forms servitor : singular servitor plural servitors an old word meaning a servant …   English dictionary

  • servitor — noun Etymology: Middle English servitour, from Anglo French, from Late Latin servitor, from Latin servire to serve Date: 14th century a male servant …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • servitor — /serr vi teuhr/, n. 1. a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant. 2. a glass worker who blocks the gather and does the preliminary blowing of glass for the gaffer. [1300 50; ME servitour < AF < LL servitor, equiv. to L servi(re)… …   Universalium

  • Servitor —    Occurs only in 2 Kings 4:43, Authorized Version (R.V., servant ). The Hebrew word there rendered servitor is elsewhere rendered minister, servant (Ex. 24:13; 33:11). Probably Gehazi, the personal attendant on Elisha, is here meant …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • servitor — ser•vi•tor [[t]ˈsɜr vɪ tər[/t]] n. a servant or attendant • Etymology: 1300–50; ME servitour < AF < LL servītor= L servī(re) to serve+ tor tor …   From formal English to slang

  • Servitor (disambiguation) — Servitor may be used in the following contexts:*Servitor, an Oxford University undergraduate student who received free accommodation *Servitors, menial laborers of the Tech Priests in the Warhammer 40,000 universe *Imar the Servitor, a 1914… …   Wikipedia

  • servitor — noun a) one who performs the duties of a servant. b) one who serves in an army; a soldier …   Wiktionary

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