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servitor
servant /ser.viˈtor/
noun#3223 most common
Also: manservant, lackey (figurative, political)
Example sentences
Servitorul aduce apă.
The servant brings water.
Casa boierului are un servitor bătrân.
The nobleman's house has an old servant.
Servitorul a deschis ușa pentru oaspeți.
The servant opened the door for the guests.
Stăpânul îi vorbea servitorului cu asprime.
The master spoke to the servant harshly.
Mulți servitori ai conacului au plecat după război.
Many servants of the manor left after the war.
Se considera un simplu servitor al binelui public, nu un stăpân al oamenilor.
He considered himself a mere servant of the public good, not a master of people.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | servitor | servitori |
| Genitive | servitorului | servitorilor |
| Accusative | servitor | servitori |
| Vocative | servitorule | servitorilor |
Word family
a servito serve
serviciuserviceservituteservitude
serviabilhelpful, obliging
servitoaremaid, female servantEtymology
Servitor entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of the wave of French- and Italian-based vocabulary that modernized the language. It traces to Latin servitor, an agent noun built on servire, "to serve." The word largely replaced or sat alongside older Slavic-derived terms for household help in formal and literary Romanian.
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