manservant

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In Note 35, she finds a role model in Victor Hugo, who, Ms. McCracken tells us, asked his manservant to take all his clothes, forcing him to stay home and write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

He was his manservant, but more than that, he was his fixer, and he used to specifically deal with Prince Charles' love life and his girlfriends.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023

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

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

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