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betjänt — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • butler noun The chief male servant in a household, responsible for managing other staff, serving meals, and receiving guests.
  • servant noun A person employed to do household or personal work for someone else.
  • server noun A computer or program that provides data or services to other computers over a network.

Senses

betjänt is used for these senses in English:

  • butler The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.
  • servant One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
  • server One who serves.

servant — full definition

  1. noun A person employed to do household or personal work for someone else.
  2. noun Someone who serves or helps another, often in a devoted or humble way (including "civil servant" for public officials).

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