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

He began in the comics as Stephen Strange's manservant and sidekick.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2022

And he tried to get a historical marker for Jim Lewis, Stonewall Jackson’s black manservant, put up in Lexington.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2020

In planning his move to New York, Washington expected his longtime manservant Billy Lee to join him.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis