servient
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin serviēns, servientis. Doublet of servant and sergeant.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
servient (comparative more servient, superlative most servient)
- (obsolete, law) subordinate
- 1757, John Dyer, The Fleece:
- servient youth, and magisterial eld
Derived terms edit
References edit
“servient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
servient