servient

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serviēns, servientis. Doublet of servant and sergeant.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)viənt/

Adjective

servient (comparative more servient, superlative most servient)

  1. (obsolete, law) subordinate
    • 1757, John Dyer, The Fleece:
      servient youth, and magisterial eld

Derived terms
  • servient tenement

References

servient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

servient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of serviō
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