Reverse Dictionary: SUBSERVIENT

ADJECTIVES
► LEATHSOME of a subservient or submissive nature → 1902 Eng. dial.
► MANLY having the attributes of a (liege) man; subservient → c1380 obs.
► OFFICIAL performing some office or service; subservient to something else or to some purpose → 1533 obs.
► OLEAGINOUS ‘smooth’ in behaviour or in speech; subservient, compliant,; bland, soothing, insinuating, fawning → 1859
► TOM outwardly subservient, in the context of Black/White relations → 20C sl., orig. African-American
► UNCLE outwardly subservient, in the context of Black/White relations → 20C sl., orig. African-American
► UNCLE TOM outwardly subservient, in the context of Black/White relations → 20C sl., orig. African-American
► UNCLE TOMISH outwardly subservient, in the context of Black/White relations → 20C sl., orig. African-American
► UNDERLOUT subservient, submissive, subject → 1300 Eng. dial. obs.

ADVERBS
► TOM in a subservient, White-pleasing manner → 1960s African-American sl.

NOUNS
► BOOT a fawning or subservient action or remark; an effort to curry favour → 1908 Amer. dial.
► DOG’S LIFE, A a life of misery, or of miserable subservience → a1528
► SUBSERVIENTNESS subservience → 1727 rare
► UNCLE TOMISM ‘Uncle Tom’ behaviour → 1980s Amer. dial., derogatory

NOUNS – PERSON
► BITCH a weak or subservient man; hence, a term of address → 1749 UK sl., derogatory
► CREATURE a person who owes their fortune and position and remains subservient to, a patron; a person who is ready to do another’s bidding; a puppet → 1587
► DOG-ROBBER a navy or army officer’s orderly; a handyman at a camp; a subservient person → 1863 sl., orig. US
► NIGGER a subservient person; a servant → 1853 sl., offensive
► RUNNING DOG a person who is subservient to a foreign power, esp. to one that threatens revolutionary interests; later, generally, a servile follower, a lackey → 1925
► YARD NIGGER a subservient, acquiescent Black → 20C sl.

PHRASES
► BOUNCY IN ONE’S BRACE OF DUKES subservient to White people → 1900 African-American sl.
► BOUNCY IN ONE’S DEUCE OF BENDERS subservient to White people → 1900 African-American sl.

VERBS
► ASSERVILE to make servile or subservient → 1619 obs.
► BOOTLICK to do subservient things to gain one’s favour; to seek to ingratiate oneself; to curry favour with, to toady → 1845 Amer. dial.
► BOW DOWN to act subserviently, to acknowledge one’s inferiority → 2000 African-American
► DANCE to be in power or control of another; to be forced to be subservient to another, as through threats, blackmail, or because one has a dominating boss, wife or the like → 20C Amer. sl.
► LEAD A DOG’S LIFE to lead a life of misery or miserable subservience → 1597
► MONARCHIZE to make subservient to one ruler → 1605 obs.
► SUBSERVE to be subservient to → a1619
► SUBSERVIATE to make subservient or subordinate → 1893
► UNCLE to act in a passive or subservient fashion → 1969 US sl.