body servant

noun

A close servant; a personal attendant.

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Meanings

nounbody servant (plural body servants)

plural body servants

  1. A close servant; a personal attendant.

    He called one of his body servants, Anthony Willoughby, the son of Henry VII's lord steward, to bring him a cup of ale, ‘for I have this night been in the midst of Spain’.

    2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 64
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APA

body servant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20servant

MLA

“body servant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20servant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “body servant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20servant.

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