| 词汇 | manservant |
| 释义 | manservant noun[ C ] old-fashioneduk /ˈmænˌsɜː.vənt/ us /ˈmænˌsɝː.vənt/ a male servant with responsibility for the personal needs of his employer, such as preparing his food and clothes贴身男仆 People who serve other people anti-slavery below/above stairsidiom boot boy butler dogsbody gofer handmaiden housemaid labourer lackey lady's maid retainer serfdom servant skivvy slave slave trade slaver valet vassal Examples of manservantmanservant Employing a manservant was, in many ways, the ultimate luxury. This paper analyses the towns with thirty or more residential employers of manservants, calling them 'residential leisure towns'. In some cases, the manservant assumed the place of the absent husband as chaperone. Clearly the place of manservants along the spectrum of gentility varied by region and by social group. Second, there was no connection with the rank size of these towns in the 1670s and the number of employers of manservants in 1780. Of interest here is not only the price of the horse in comparison with the manservant, but also the concern expressed regarding its quality. A manservant might do little more parade himself on a coach, but this was clearly considered a useful investment. After all, as far as useful activity was concerned there was little that a manservant could do that a woman could not do and do more cheaply. A town with a relatively high proportion of employers of manservants among its best circles was a different sort of town than one with a much lower proportion. Whilst lower than that between employers of manservants and luxury service score (0.637), the correlation between population and luxury service score is statistically significant. Someone got in before us to get rid of armorial bearings, manservants and the like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was a tax on manservants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If someone played a musical instrument in the street and one did not like it, one went out and sent him away or sent a manservant to move him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The master's actions and behavior are very mysterious and secretive, which causes his manservant to be suspicious of his whereabouts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The next morning, the temple's manservant asked to take leave, and when asked for the reason, said last night, didn't a head come visit? From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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