manservant

Example Sentences

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The Italian comedian plays Diego’s mute manservant, Bernardo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 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

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

The Master’s manservant, Cousins, was still in place, however, and Lyra had been ready to meet his hostility with defiance, for they had been enemies as long as she could remember.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman