Reverse Dictionary: SERVANT

ADJECTIVES
► FAMULARY belonging to servants → 1840
► SUFFARRANEOUS being under another servant; it being an ancient custom among the Romans, that the chief servant took his portion of corn from the master, the under servant from him → 1658 obs.

NOUNS
► BUTLERAGE the office or position of butler to a monarch, nobleman, etc.→ 1487
► PANTRY POLITICS a servants’ hall → L19 UK society sl.
► PUG’S HOLE the housekeeper’s room in a large establishment → 1847 colloq.
► PUG’S PARLOUR the housekeeper’s room in a large establishment → 1847 colloq.
► SANKEY-CHAMBER a servants’ hall → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABIGAIL a lady’s maid; a female servant or attendant → 1616 arch. & hist.
► ACCOMMODATER a temporary domestic help → 1902 US
► ADAM a faithful, devoted old servant → 1922 (Bk.)
► ADMINISTER a servant, an attendant, a functionary → 1547 obs.
► ADMINISTRESS a female servant → 1483 obs.
► ALL-ABOUT-GIN a domestic servant → 1962 Aust.
► ANDREW a valet ,a gentleman’s servant → 1700 obs.
► ARSE-WIPER a servant to the mistress; a workman who toadies to the boss → 20C colloq.
► BALAAM’S ASS a servant who is more far-seeing than his master → 1822 (Bk.)
► BANSMAN a servant, a bondsman → 1879 Sc.
► BAWD-PHYSIC ► BAWDY-PHYSIC an insubordinate servant → c1561 UK sl.
► BEARER a domestic servant who has charge of his master’s clothes, furniture, and (often) his ready money → 1757 India
► BEASTY ► BHEESTIE ► BHEESTY the servant who supplies an establishment with water, which he carries in a skin slung on his back → 1781 India
► BEDCHAMBER-MAN a servant of the bedchamber → 1643
► BEDCHAMBER-WOMAN a servant of the bedchamber → 1833
► BEDYNER a servant; an officer → 1855 obs. (Bk.)
► BEGONIA BROOM a Black domestic worker → 1972 Black homosexual sl.  (Bk.)
► BEN-A-HOOSE-WOMAN a parlour-maid → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BETWEEN GIRL a maidservant who assists both the cook and the housemaid → 1891
► BETWEEN-MAID a maidservant who assists both the cook and the housemaid → 1890
► BETWEEN SERVANT a maidservant who assists both the cook and the housemaid → 1890
► BIDDY an Irish maidservant; a maid or housekeeper  → 1600
► BIRLE a butler; one who pours out drink → a1000 obs.
► BIRLER a butler; one who pours out drink → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BITCH a servant; a subservient person → 1991 US sl.
► BLACK BOY a Black manservant → 1594 obs.
► BLACK-GUARD the lowest menials of a royal or noble household, who had charge of pots and pans and other kitchen utensils, and rode in the wagons conveying these during journeys from one residence to another; the scullions and kitchen-knaves → 1535 obs.
► BLACK JAUDY servants of servants; girls who go from house to house doing the lowest kitchen work → 1843 Sc.
► BLACK-TEAPOT a Black footman → 1889 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BONE-PICKER a footman → L18 sl.
► BONE-POLISHER a footman → c1800 sl.
► BOOT-CATCH a servant at an inn who pulled off the guests’ boots → 1775 obs.
► BOOT-CATCHER a servant who removed a person’s boots for cleaning → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOT-DIGHTER a servant who removed a person’s boots for cleaning → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOWER-WOMAN a lady’s maid → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOY IN BUTTONS a manservant in livery, a pageboy → 1842
► BOY 1. a servant slave → 1764 Amer. dial.
2. a servant or labourer of any age or race → 1839 S. Afr.
► BUTLER a servant responsible for supervising the wine cellar or serving wine or other drink, sometimes as cup-bearer to a monarch or nobleman; later, a (male) head servant, esp. in a large household, whose chief responsibilities include managing the wine cellar and dining arrangements, supervising other servants, and greeting visitors → a1300 obs.
► BUTLERESS a female butler → 1614
► BUTTON BOY a manservant, usually in livery; a pageboy → 1844 obs.
► BUTTONS a pageboy → 1848 colloq.
► CAB a female servant → 19C Sc.
► CABIN GIRL a chambermaid, esp. a girl or woman whose job it is to make the beds and straighten up the rooms each day on a ship, at a motel, or the like → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CADDAY a boy hired as a servant → 1997 Ireland   (Bk.)
► CADDY a boy hired as a servant → 1754
► CADS OF THE ARISTOCRACY servants, liveried footmen, and all other hangers-on upon the nobility and gentry → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► CAMERIST a chamber-woman, a lady’s maid → 1838
► CHAR-WALLAH a native servant who brings the early morning tea → c1930 services sl., India
► CINDER-GARBLER a female servant → 18C sl.
► CUSTREL a servant or attendant to a knight or man-at-arms; esp. one who is a member of man-at-arm’s lance, and is armed with a custil or coutel (knife or dagger)→ 1474
► CUSTRELING a servant or attendant to a knight or man-at-arms → a1556 obs.
► CUSTRON a servant or attendant to a knight or man-at-arms → a1425 obs.
► DAILY a daily help, a charwoman, a maidservant → 1920s colloq.
► DAILY BODY a daily help (servant)→ c1918 colloq.
► DAMSEL a maid in waiting; a female attendant; orig. a young lady of gentle birth, as maid of honour or waiting-woman to a lady of rank → c1314 obs.
► DAPIFER a person who brings meat to table ; hence, the official title of the steward of a king’s or nobleman’s household → 1636
► DROIL a servant of all work; a drudge → 1579 obs.
► EYE-SERVANT a servant or employee who is hard-working or obedient only when observed by his or her master or employer → a1555
► EYE-SERVER a servant or employee who is hard-working or obedient only when observed by his or her master or employer → a1626
► EYE-WAITER a servant who awaits a confirmatory look from the master or mistress before acting → 1742 obs.
► FACTOTUM a servant who has the entire management of his master’s affairs → 1824
► FAMILY the servants of a house or establishment; the household → a1400 obs.
► FART-CATCHER a servant who follows his master closely enough to be aware of his master’s breaking of wind; a footman → 1785 Brit.
► GAL a servant girl → c1850 colloq.
► GALLEPYN an inferior servant in a great house → 1825 Sc.
► GALLERY NYMPH a housemaid → c1880 Winchester College usage, obs.
► GAL NYMPH a housemaid → c1880 Winchester College usage, obs.
► GALOPIN an inferior servant in a great house → 1820 Sc. obs.
► GALS the servants in a farmhouse; formerly also they were called the wenches → 1888 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARCION ► GARSON a serving-man, a groom; esp. a young man or boy servant → a1300 obs.
► GENERAL a general servant; a maid-of-all-work → 1884 colloq. hist.
► GENERAL SERVANT a servant whose duties are general rather than limited to a particular sphere; a maid-of-all-work → 1725
► GENTLEMAN OF THE SHOULDER-KNOT a footman → 1920 (Bk.)
► GENTLEMAN’S GENT a valet → 1920s sl.
► GENTLEMAN’S GENTLEMAN a valet → 1725
► GENTLEMAN-USHER a servant who was to hand his mistress to the coach, and walk before her bareheaded; in later times, she leaned upon his arm → 1485
► GENT’S GENT a valet → 1920s sl.
► GILLIE ► GILLY a male servant, esp. an attendant on a Highland chief; a Highlander → 1705 Sc. obs.
► GILLIE-CASFLUE ► GILLIE-CASFLUICH a servant responsible for carrying a Highland chief across a ford, stream, etc.→ 1754 hist.
► GILLIE-MORE a servant who carried the Chief’s armour → 1832 Sc. obs.
► GIRL 1. a female servant or domestic employee, a maid; now generally, a female employee; often with the implication of social inferiority → 1668
2. a Black female servant or domestic employee → 1835 orig. US usage, later chiefly S. Afr., derogatory & offensive
► GIRL-OF-ALL-WORK a female domestic employee; a maidservant → 1831 hist.
► GIRZIE a female servant; a maidservant → 1828 Sc.
► GROOM a man of inferior position; a man-servant; a male attendant → 1297 obs.
► GUTTERSNIPE a male servant → L19 UK tramps’ sl., derogatory
► GYP a domestic servant, esp. a menial kitchen servant; later, (at Cambridge and Durham Universities) a college servant, esp. one who attends on one or more undergraduates → 1676 colloq.
► HA’-FOLK ► HALL-FOLK the servants, the folk of the hall, kitchen, or common room → 1786 Sc. (ha’ = hall)
► HACK a menial servant; a common drudge → a1700
► HACKNEY a menial servant; a common drudge; a person whose services may be hired for any kind of work required of him → 1546 obs.
► HACKNEY-MAN a servant who attends to a hackney → 1362 obs.
► HALLION a gentleman’s servant out of livery; an inferior servant employed to do odd jobs → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► HANDMAID a female personal attendant or servant → 1382 arch.
► HANDMAIDEN a female personal attendant or servant → a1300 literary arch.
► HANDMAN a manservant → 1754 Eng. dial. obs.
► HANDSERVANT a servant attending upon one; an attendant → 1578 obs.
► HAND-WOMAN a female attendant; a handmaid → a1300 obs.
► HARLOT a male servant or attendant; a menial → a1300 obs.
► HELP servants and operatives → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HOUSE-FELLOW a fellow servant → 19C Eng. dial.
► HOUSEMAN a man employed to do domestic work in a house, hotel, etc.; a male servant → 1853
► INGRATUS an ungrateful servant → a1700 UK sl. 
► INWARD MAID the housemaid in a farm-house, who has no work in the dairy, etc. → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK a serving-man or male attendant → 1836-7
► JACKAL a menial servant; a drudge → a1688 
► JACK-HOLD-MY-STAFF a too humble servant; a servile attendant → 1625 obs.
► JARREHOE a manservant → 1896 Wellington College usage (Bk.)
► JEAMES a footman; a flunkey → 1845 sl.
► JOHN a male servant → 1576 colloq.
► JOHN PLUSH a footman → 1845 colloq.
► JUG a maidservant, a sweetheart, or a mistress → 1569
► KAIL-BAILLIE the servant who stays home on the farm on Sunday to prepare dinner and feed and water the cattle → a1838 Sc. obs.
► KEEP-UP a maid; anyone who looks after the home → 1970s African-American sl.
► K.M. a maid, a ‘kitchen mechanic’ → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LACKET a lackey → 1523 obs.
► LACKEY ► LACQUEY a (liveried) servant, a footman, a valet, a menial → 1529
► LAD 1. a serving-man, attendant; a man of low birth and position; a varlet → c1300 obs.
2. a young male servant or employee, esp. on a farm → 1721 Sc.
► LADY OF THE BROOM a housemaid → 1793
► LADY’S WOMAN a lady’s maid → 1748
► LARY a servant, a drudge, an odd-job man → 1825 Sc. obs.
► LASS a maidservant → 1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► LASSIE a maidservant, a servant-girl → 1889 Sc. 
► LASS-QUEAN a female servant → 1817 Sc.
► MAGDALEN MARM 1. an unsatisfactory servant → 1840 sl.
2. a servant who was recruited from the Magdalen home for ‘fallen women’ in Blackfriars Road, Southwark → L19 sl.
► MAIDEN a servant girl, a maid → 1876 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAID-OF-ALL-WORK a female servant who does all kinds of housework → 1809
► MALKIN ► MAWKIN a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern → 1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MAN a manservant; a valet → a1300
► MANCIPLE a servant, a bondslave → 1387 obs.
► MAN FRIDAY a servant of all work; a servile follower or attendant → 1887
► MAN-OF-ALL-WORK a servant of all work → 1830
► MARCHIONESS a maid-of-all-work; a slatternly general maid → 1883
► MARQUESS OF MARROWBONES a servant, a lackey → L16 Brit. sl.
► MARQUIS OF MARROWBONES a servant, a lackey → L16 sl.
► MATRANEE ► MATRANEY a female house-servant in India whose duty it is to perform the most menial offices → c1804 Anglo-Indian
► MOLL SLAVEY a servant maid → 1789 UK sl.
► MOLLY a servant girl → 1881 sl.
► MOP-SQUEEZER a housemaid; a skivvy → 1578 sl. obs.
► MORNING-GIRL a non-resident maidservant employed during the morning only → 1921 hist.
► MOULDY-PATE a servant wearing a grey powdered wig → 1867 sl. (Bk.)
► MOZO a male servant or attendant; a groom → 1811 chiefly Latin American
► MUTE a servant deprived of the power of speech, usually deliberately; esp. one who serves a Turkish sultan → 1600 hist. 
► MYRON a servant, an underling → a1450 obs.
► NAIF a servant, a serf → 1841 Sc. (Bk.)
► NAN a maid → 1596 colloq.
► NECESSARY WOMAN a servant woman → 1679-88 arch.
► NEIGHBOUR a fellow-servant; a bedfellow → 1871 Sc.
► NIGGER a subservient person; a servant → 1853 sl., offensive
► OBEISANT an obedient servant; one under authority; a subordinate → 1475 obs.
► ODD MAN OUT a domestic servant, an odd-job man → 1840 obs.
► PACK-HORSE a menial servant; a drudge; a slave → 1594
► PACKING MOLLY a dishonest female domestic who, after learning where the household valuables are stored, paves the way for her outside confederates to lay hold of the prize and carry it away → 1881 US sl.
► PAGE a low-ranking servant (usually a boy), esp. one employed as an assistant or apprentice to a more experienced servant; frequently with qualification indicating place of work, as ‘page of the kitchen’, etc.→ c1325 obs.
► PARLOUR TRIMMER a parlour servant → 1646 obs.
► PUG an upper servant in a large house, etc.→ c1840 sl.
► PUTZFRAU in Germany: a woman employed to do domestic work; a cleaner, a charwoman → 1906
► QUEAN ► QUINE a maidservant → 1818 Sc.
► RAG-CARRIER a valet or an ensign → a1754 contemptuous usage
► RAINBOW a footman → E19 sl.
► ROGUE a servant → L16 obs., derogatory
► SAMOA-SAMOA a coloured domestic → 1972 homosexual sl.  (Bk.)
► SARRANT a servant → 1825 Eng. dial. obs.
► SARVANT a servant → 1877 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SARVENT a servant → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SARVENT-WENCH a female servant → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SATELLITE a personal servant; an attendant upon a person of importance, forming part of his retinue and employed to execute his orders → a1548
► SCALLAG ► SKALLAG a kind of bond-servant who carried kelp and did all the hard work → 1793 Sc. obs.
► SCARLET RUNNER a footman → M19 sl.
► SCHVARTZE ► SCHVARTZER ► SCHWARTZE ► SCHWARTZER a Black maid → 1961 sl., chiefly US, rather derogatory
► SCIVEY ► SKIVEY ► SKIVVY a female domestic servant, esp. a maid-of-all-work → 1902 sl., mainly derogatory
► SCODGIE-MAID a female kitchen-maid → 1822 Sc.
► SCOGIE-LASS a female kitchen-maid → 1786 Sc.
► SCOTCH WARMING-PAN a chambermaid who lay in the bed a while to warm it for the intending occupant → 1678 sl.
► SHEET-SLINGER a chambermaid → 1878 US students’ sl.
► SHE-FLUNKEY a lady’s maid → 1877 UK sl.
► SHEILA a Black housemaid → 1987 S. Afr. sl.
► SIGNED SERVANT an assigned servant → 1830 Aust. colloq.
► SIMON SOON GONE a lazy servant; ‘he, that when his Mayster hath any thing to do, he will hide him out of the way’ → c1560 sl.
► SIX POUNDER a servant maid, from the wages formerly given to maid servants, which was commonly six pounds → 1785 obs.
► SKIP a footman, lackey, or manservant; in later use, a college-servant at Trinity College, Dublin → 1698-1700
► SKIP-KENNEL a lackey, a footboy, a footman; one who has to skip over the ‘kennel’s or gutters → 1668 obs.
► SLUMGULLION a servant; one who represents another → 19C Amer. sl.
► SLUMMY a servant girl → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SLUSHIE ► SLUSHY an unskilled kitchen or domestic help → M19
► SLUT a kitchen maid; a drudge → 1664
► SOUBRETTE n. a lady’s maid; a maid-servant → 1824
► SPIDER-BRUSHER a domestic servant → 1841 US sl.
► SUBSERVANT an inferior servant → 1661 obs.
► SUIVANTE a confidential maid → 1698 obs.
► SUKEY a general servant → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► SUMMELER a butler; a somler → 1841 arch.
► TABLE-MAID a domestic servant who lays the table and waits at meals → 1895
► TAG a lower servant → 1857 servants’ usage
► TAME CAT a cavalier servant → 1892 (Bk.)
► TANNIKIN a maid, wife, or widow → 1605 sl.
► TAPSMAN a servant who has the principal charge, other servants being subject to his orders → 1825 Sc. (Bk.)
► TAY-BOY ► TEA-BOY a manservant → 1848 Ireland
► TEASE a menial servant → a1790 sl.
► THUFTEN a maidservant; a handmaid, a female slave → 1100 obs.
► TIGER a smartly-liveried boy acting as groom or footman; formerly often provided with standing-room on a small platform behind the carriage, and a strap to hold on by; generally, an outdoor boy-servant → c1817 sl. obs.
► TIRE-MAID a lady’s maid; a woman who assists at a lady’s toilet → 1871
► TIRE-MAN a valet or dresser; a man who assists at the toilet → 1711 obs.
► TIRE-WOMAN a lady’s maid; a woman who assists at a lady’s toilet → 1615 arch.
► TIRING-WOMAN a lady’s maid → 1732 arch.
► TOM a servant, a waiter → E18 sl.
► TOPSMAN a principal servant; the chief drover in charge of a herd of cattle on the road → 1825 Eng. dial. 
► TRUSTY TROUT a trusted servant → c1661 sl. obs.
► TWEENEY ► TWEENIE ► TWEENY a maidservant assisting both the cook and the housemaid → 1888
► UNDERLOUT a servant, an underling; an inferior; a lazy servant-boy → a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
► UP-AND-DOWN a housemaid → 1900s sl.
► UPPER TEN SET servants who work for the ‘upper ten thousand’ (social elite)→ L19 sl. 
► VADELECT a servant, a serving-man → 1586 obs.
► VADLET a servant, a serving-man → 1861 arch.
► VAISHLE a maidservant → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► VALECT a valet, a personal attendant; in ancient times was used to signify a young gentleman of good descent or quality; and afterwards it was applied to the rank of yeoman → 1610 arch.
► VALET 1. a manservant performing duties chief relating to the person of his master; a gentleman’s personal attendant; in ancient times was used to signify a young gentleman of good descent or quality; and afterwards it was applied to the rank of yeoman → 1567
2. a footman acting as servant or attendant to a horseman → 1591 military usage
► VALET-DE-CHAMBRE a gentleman’s personal attendant; a valet; one who waits on a nobleman or gentleman in his bedchamber, and dresses and undresses him → 1646
► VALET-DE-SHAM a gentleman’s personal attendant; a valet → 1776
► VALET DE SHAMBER a gentleman’s personal attendant; a valet → 1791
► VARLET a man or lad acting as a servant or attendant; a menial, a groom → 1456 arch.
► VARLETESS a female varlet → 1748
► VARLET OF THE CHAMBER a gentleman’s personal attendant; a valet → 1567 obs.
► VARLETRY varlets collectively; a number or crowd of attendants or menials → 1606
► VARLETTO a man or lad acting as a servant or attendant; a menial, a groom → 1598 obs.
► VASSAL 1. a humble servant or subordinate; one devoted to the service of another → c1500
2. a maidservant → 1866 Sc.
► WAITER 1. a man of lower rank employed as a household servant; a groom, a footman, a servitor → a1483 obs.
2. a servant (in a private house) whose particular duty it is to wait upon those seated at table → 1528 obs.
3. a waiting-woman → 1639 obs.
► WAITER-WENCH a female servant → 1890 Eng. dial.
► WAITING GENTLEWOMAN an upper servant who attends on a lady in her chamber → 1599
► WAITING-MAID a superior female servant in personal attendance on a lady → 1561
► WAITING-MAN a male servant who waits or attends upon his employer or on an official → 1518 obs.
► WAITING-WOMAN a female servant, or personal attendant → 1565 arch.
► WAITRESS a waiting-maid, a handmaid → c1586 obs.
► WALLET a valet → 1825 Sc. (Bk.)
► WALLIE ► WALLY a personal servant or attendant → 1816 Sc. 
► WARDROBE-MAID a lady’s maid; a personal attendant → 1865
► WARD-WOMAN a woman in charge of her mistress’s wardrobe → 1831 arch.
► WARLOT a servant, a groom, an attendant → 1525 Sc.
► WENCH a servant girl → L16
► WILLY the stereotype of a domestic Black servant or slave → 19C US sl.
► YELLOW-PLUSH a footman, esp. one who wears breeches made of yellow plush; also, an underling; a lackey → 1841 obs.
► YEMAN a servant of a rank next below a squire; a person of middling rank → 1855 obs. (Bk.)
► YEOMAN a servant or attendant in a royal or noble household, usually of a superior grade, ranking between a sergeant and a groom, or between a squire and a page → a1377
► YEOMAN OF THE MOUTH an officer belonging to his Majesty’s pantry → a1700
► YOUNGER a servant, a subordinate → c1000 obs.
► YOUNG MAN a man in the service of, or in attendance upon, a person of high rank or an official; a male servant or attendant in a royal or noble household; a yeoman → 1362 obs.
► ZARVUNT a servant → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► SLOCKSTER a person who entices away other men’s servants → 1611 obs.
► WADDLER-WIFE ► WADLER-WIFE a woman who kept a register office for servants → 1855 Eng. dial., obs. (Bk.)
► YOUNG LADY the young woman or girl upon whom a domestic servant, esp. a maidservant, waits or attends → 1608

PHRASES
► I’M NOT YOUR BUM BOY I am not your servant → 1998 NZ sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► BUTTLE to do a butler’s work → 1901 jocular usage
► DANGLE to be in attendance, as a servant → M18 sl.
► DO FOR to do the work of a servant → 1844 sl.
► LACKEY to do service as a lackey, esp. as a running footman; to run on errands, to do menial service; often followed by ‘after’, ‘by’, ‘to’, ‘upon’, ‘it’ → 1568 obs.
► SANK to perform menial offices in the servants’ hall of large family → 1855 Eng. dial. obs.
► SCIVEY ► SKIVEY ► SKIVVY to do the work of a servant → 1931 sl.
► TOTE to take home, surreptitiously or as an acknowledged perquisite, leftover food or others goods from one’s employer; said of a domestic servant → 1923 Amer. dial.
► TOTE OFF to take home, surreptitiously or as an acknowledged perquisite, leftover food or others goods from one’s employer; said of a domestic servant → 1905 Amer. dial.
► TOTE THE CROOKED ARM to take home purloined food; said of a domestic servant → 1984 Amer. dial.