See Also: servitor(dictionary)

servitor (iou)



servitor noun. ME.
[Old French (mod. serviteur) from late Latin, from Latin servit- pa. ppl stem of servire SERVE verb1: see -OR.]
A (male) personal or domestic attendant, a servant. Formerly esp., a person who waits at table. arch. ME.
b. Any person in a subordinate post or employment; spec. (a) an apprentice; (b) a lawyer's clerk; (c) an assistant janitor or attendant at Edinburgh University. Scot. L15.
c. A squire, a page. Long rare. E16.
d. A devoted admirer, a lover. Long rare. E16.
e. An official or semi-official title of certain officers of the royal household, municipal bodies, etc. M16.
A person on military service; a soldier; spec. a person to whom lands were assigned in Ulster in the reign of James I, in return for military or civil service in Ireland. obsolete exc. Hist. M16.
In certain colleges of Oxford University, an undergraduate performing menial duties for fellows in return for free board, lodging, and attendance at lectures. obsolete exc. Hist. M17.
servi'torial adjective (rare) M19.
servitorship noun L18.