Etymology

servingman

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Today it means: A male servant. Full definition →

Middle English servyng man
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromservyng man
  2. English todayservingman

From Middle English servyng man; equivalent to serving + -man.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.