henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe,
attache; official.
retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court.
attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel†, footboy†; train bearer,
cup bearer; waiter, lapster†, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman,
flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre [Fr.]; equerry, groom; jockey,
hostler, ostler†, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie†, herdsman,
swineherd; barkeeper, bartender; bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper†;
khansamah†, khansaman†; khitmutgar†; yardman.
bailiff, castellan†, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo†, groom of
the chambers.
secretary; under secretary, assistant secretary; clerk;
subsidiary; agent &c 758; subaltern; underling, understrapper; man.
maid, maidservant; handmaid; confidente [Fr.], lady's maid,
abigail, soubrette; amah†, biddy, nurse, bonne [Fr.], ayah†; nursemaid,
nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid,
kitchen maid, scullery maid; femme de chambre [Fr.], femme fille [Fr.];
camarista†; chef de cuisine, cordon bleu [Fr.], cook, scullion,
Cinderella; potwalloper†; maid of all work, servant of all work;
laundress, bedmaker†; journeyman, charwoman &c (worker) 690; bearer,
chokra†, gyp (Cambridge), hamal†, scout (Oxford).
serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot; bondsman, bondswoman†;
bondslave†; ame damnee [Fr.], odalisque, ryot†, adscriptus gleboe
[Lat.]; villian†, villein; beadsman†, bedesman†; sizar†; pensioner,
pensionary†; client; dependant, dependent; hanger on, satellite;
parasite &c (servility) 886; led captain; protege [Fr.], ward,
hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature.
badge of slavery; bonds &c 752.
V. serve; wait upon, attend upon, dance attendance upon, pin oneself
upon; squire, tend, hang on the sleeve of; chore [U.S.].
Adj. in the train of; in one's pay, in one's employ; at one's call &c
(obedient) 743; in bonds.