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BODY SERVANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does body servant mean?
• BODY SERVANT (noun)
The noun BODY SERVANT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BODY SERVANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A valet or personal maid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("body servant" is a kind of...):
retainer; servant (a person working in the service of another (especially in the household))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "body servant"):
gentleman; gentleman's gentleman; man; valet; valet de chambre (a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer)
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