your servant

noun

Used as a greeting, especially to a lady.

OriginBiblical Hebrew עַבְדְּךָ →
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Meanings

your servant1

nounyour servant (plural your servants)

plural your servants

  1. archaicUsed as a greeting, especially to a lady.
  2. archaicUsed as a closing of a personal letter.

your servant2

pronoun
  1. archaichumbleI, me

Origin

your servant · noun

Seemingly from I am your servant.

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your servant · pronoun

  1. Biblical Hebrewעַבְדְּךָ
  2. Englishyour servant

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 在下
  • 在下 (zàixià)Translations
Finnish palveluksessanne, Teidän
  • palveluksessannearchaic: greeting
  • Teidänarchaic: closing
Hungarian kezét csókolom, alázatos szolgája
  • kezét csókolomarchaic: greeting
  • alázatos szolgájaarchaic: greeting
  • alászolgájaarchaic: greeting
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APA

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Chicago

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