1 a person who has undertaken (usu. in return for stipulated pay) to carry out the orders of an individual or corporate employer, esp. a person employed in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant.
2 a devoted follower, a person willing to serve another (a servant of Jesus Christ).
Phrases and idioms:
your humble servant Brit. archaic a formula preceding a signature or expressing ironical courtesy. your obedient servant Brit. a formula preceding a signature, now used only in certain formal letters.
Etymology: ME f. OF (as SERVE)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.