your servant

English

Etymology 1

Seemingly from I am your servant.

Noun

your servant (plural your servants)

  1. (archaic) Used as a greeting, especially to a lady.
  2. (archaic) Used as a closing of a personal letter.
Quotations
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Translations

Etymology 2

Calque of Biblical Hebrew עַבְדְּךָ (ʿaḇdəḵā) and עַבְדְּכֶם (ʿaḇdəḵem)

Pronoun

your servant

  1. (humble, archaic, chiefly in Bible translations) I, me
See also
  • thy servant
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