your servant
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Seemingly from I am your servant.
Noun edit
your servant (plural your servants)
- (archaic) Used as a greeting, especially to a lady.
- (archaic) Used as a closing of a personal letter.
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:your servant.
Translations edit
archaic: greeting
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Etymology 2 edit
Calque of Biblical Hebrew עַבְדְּךָ (ʿaḇdəḵā) and עַבְדְּכֶם (ʿaḇdəḵem)