ser‧vant W2 / sɜv ə nt $ sɜr- / 名词 [可数名词]

1 someone, especially in the past, who was paid to clean someone’s house, cook for them, answer the door etc, and who often lived in the house :

Many young girls became domestic servants .

2 servant of somebody/something someone who is controlled by someone or something – often used to show disapproval :

Are we the servants of computers?

→ civil servant