Vocabulary : Servantry to Serviceage

Servantry : A body of servants; servants, collectively.
Serve : To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship. ;; To be subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to. ;; To be suitor to; to profess love to. ;; To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop. ;; Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with up; formerly with in. ;; To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to; as, a curate may serve two churches; to serve one's country. ;; To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn. ;; To answer or be (in t
Served : of Serve
Server : One who serves. ;; A tray for dishes; a salver.
Servian : Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe. ;; A native or inhabitant of Servia.
Service : Alt. of Service ;; A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. ;; The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. ;; The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. ;; Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. ;; Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. ;; Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. ;; Useful office; ad
Service cap : Alt. of hat
Service uniform : The uniform prescribed in regulations for active or routine service, in distinction from dress, full dress, etc. In the United States army it is of olive-drab woolen or khaki-colored cotton, with all metal attachments of dull-finish bronze, with the exceptional of insignia of rank, which are of gold or silver finish.
Serviceable : Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous. ;; Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent.
Serviceage : Servitude.
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