{
    "term": "servant",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who works in another person’s house, and cooks, cleans, etc. for them",
            "sensetop": "servant to somebodyservant of somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a domestic servant"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a faithful/devoted/trusted servant"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They treat their mother like a servant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was working as a servant to the Smith family.",
                    "contextForm": "servant to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the servants of the king of Persia",
                    "contextForm": "servant of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Servants scurried around him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The duchess arrived, surrounded by her army of servants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The relationship was one of master and servant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They went up another set of stairs to the servants' quarters."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["devoted", "faithful", "loyal"],
                "verb + servant": ["employ", "have", "call"],
                "servant + verb": ["serve somebody", "wait on somebody", "work"],
                "servant + noun": ["boy", "girl"],
                "preposition": ["servant to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an army of servants",
                    "a servant of the Crown",
                    "a servant of the people"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who works for a company or an organization",
            "sensetop": "servant (to/of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Mr Bennet said his client was a loyal servant to the council."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["devoted", "faithful", "loyal"],
                "verb + servant": ["employ", "have", "call"],
                "servant + verb": ["serve somebody", "wait on somebody", "work"],
                "servant + noun": ["boy", "girl"],
                "preposition": ["servant to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an army of servants",
                    "a servant of the Crown",
                    "a servant of the people"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person or thing that is controlled by something",
            "sensetop": "servant to/of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was willing to make himself a servant of his art."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to end a formal letter",
            "labels": "(old use)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːvənt/",
                "audio": "se/servant/servant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːrvənt/",
                "audio": "se/servant/servant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘(person) serving’, present participle (used as a noun) of servir ‘to serve’."
}