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subservient en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“to serve under”).

Meanings

  1. Useful in an inferior capacity.
  2. Obsequiously submissive.
    • Sansa takes her place as ruler of the North, a free and independent land no longer subservient to anywhere else. And Arya does what she’s always done best: Make her own way, literally leaving everything she knows behind to see what’s over the next horizon. 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019:

Forms

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more subservient Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most subservient Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

subserviency · subservience · unsubservient · subserviently · subservientness

Translations (31)

es subordinado (useful in an inferior capacity) · cs podřízený (useful in an inferior capacity) · bg съдействащ (useful in an inferior capacity) · oc asservit (useful in an inferior capacity) · cmn 次要的 (useful in an inferior capacity) · ga spleách (obsequiously submissive) · cmn 恭顺 (obsequiously submissive) · oc subaltèrn (useful in an inferior capacity) · cs poslušný (obsequiously submissive) · cmn 次要 (useful in an inferior capacity) · pt subserviente (obsequiously submissive) · nl onderdanig (obsequiously submissive) · de servil (obsequiously submissive) · fi alamainen (obsequiously submissive) · de lakaienhaft (obsequiously submissive) · bg раболепен (obsequiously submissive) · ml അധീനമായ (useful in an inferior capacity) · ru раболепный (obsequiously submissive) · bg помощен (useful in an inferior capacity) · es servil (obsequiously submissive) · de untertänig (obsequiously submissive) · ml വിധേയമായ (useful in an inferior capacity) · nl serviel (obsequiously submissive) · oc subordonat (useful in an inferior capacity) · cs servilní (obsequiously submissive) · fi alamainen (useful in an inferior capacity) · fi nöyristelevä (obsequiously submissive) · cs posluhující (obsequiously submissive) · fr servile (obsequiously submissive) · oc servil (obsequiously submissive) · hi पराधीन (obsequiously submissive)

subservient en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“to serve under”).

Meanings

  1. A person who is subservient to another; a subordinate.
    • James Harrison, the tenant, was one of his subservients, chosen by him in consequence of his austere piety, and great influence with his sect […] 1852, Mary Jane Windle, A Legend of the Waldenses: And Other Tales, page 176:

Forms

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subservients Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

subordinate · obedient