Servitor vs Manservant - What's the difference?
servitor | manservant |
one who performs the duties of a servant.
one who serves in an army; a soldier.
an undergraduate who performed menial duties in exchange for financial support from his college, particularly at Oxford University
A male servant.
:1611' ''Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy '''manservant''', nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy '''manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. Deuteronomy 5:12-13 KJV
As nouns the difference between servitor and manservant
is that servitor is a male waiter while manservant is a male servant.servitor
English
Noun
(en noun)Quotations
* 1884, *: "You'll find no sizars here, or servitors/or other cruel distinctions meant to draw/a line 'twixt rich and poor" * 1919, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 22 *: The servitors waxed silent, each lost in introspection, until the rattle of the Valmouth cab announced the expected guest.manservant
English
Noun
(menservants)- I asked my manservant to attend to the washing and cleaning.