servantproper nounadjectivecommon nounverbSyllable DecompositionservantEtymologyexpandfrom serve.Definitions1. That serves; that provides a service.expand2. Qualified those who entered the Order of Malta without proving nobility and who were of a lower rank than the other knights.histoireexpandFrères servants, et quelquefois Chevaliers servants,3. Qualified the lay brothers employed in the material tasks of the monastery, in some religious orders.histoirereligionexpandFrères servants,4. Qualified a fief that was subject to another fief called the dominant fief, in feudal jurisprudence.histoireexpandAnagramssevrantversantSee alsoServant (pn.) servante (adj.) servants (adj.) servants (cn.) servantes (cn.) servantes (adj.)