manservant

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Others—including York, Clark’s enslaved manservant, and Sacagawea, a kidnapped Shoshone teenager pregnant with the child of the expedition’s interpreter, Charbonneau—did not have a say in the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Sounding sturdy as Leporello, Giovanni’s manservant, the bass-baritone Adam Plachetka was less satisfying playing neutrality than was Mattei.

From New York Times • May 7, 2023

The Ninth says, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's."

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2020

Cannon: The manservant was someone who specialized in massage and bathing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2020

By now, the manservant Weylin had assigned to Kevin ignored him completely, and Kevin and his room were left to me.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler