What is another word for servants?

Pronunciation: [sˈɜːvənts] (IPA)

Servants are known to provide assistance and support to their employers. However, the term "servants" could sometimes bear negative connotations because of its associations with class divide and the exploitation of the working class. Therefore, alternative words could be used to describe domestic help and assistance to minimize or eliminate these negative associations. Some examples of alternative synonyms for servants are domestics, attendants, aides, helpers, maids, and housekeepers. These words have neutral connotations and focus on the support and assistance provided, rather than the class divide that exists between the assistant and the employer.

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Usage examples for Servants

Upon this theory it is not their own error, but the bad faith of their servants, which they should have cried out against.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
She could send the doctor, I suppose, and make her servants take down to these people whatever she wanted to send them.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The servants all begged leave to absent themselves for the night.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee

Famous quotes with Servants

  • It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.
    Aesop
  • There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants.
    Daniel Akaka
  • Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and to acquaint the incoming administration with the civil servants and bureaucracy that will remain in place in the new Administration.
    Richard V. Allen
  • His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall.
    James M. Barrie
  • The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy.
    Chris Bell

Related words: servants and masters, masters and servants, lord and servant

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