Explore Manservant through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like servant or retainer. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Manservant in a sentence
Manservant meaning
A male servant.
Using Manservant
- The main meaning on this page is: A male servant.
- Useful related words include: servant, retainer.
- In the example corpus, manservant often appears in combinations such as: his manservant.
Context around Manservant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Manservant
- In this selection, "manservant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, young, former, unmentioned, socialises, lutha and scott stand out and add context to how "manservant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include champ s manservant lutha with and drea and manservant scott danielson. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "manservant" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with manservant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Leaving the women behind, Candide flees to Paraguay with his practical and heretofore unmentioned manservant, Cacambo. (16 words)
He’ll get his manservant back in line no matter how many people he has to kill in this horror comedy. (21 words)
He retains a manservant, socialises with a minor European royal, and practically lives in the most exclusive gentlemen’s club in London. (22 words)
Elizabeth Speller, p. 25 In a telltale sign, it has been discovered that Trajan's young manservant Phaedimus died in his late twenties a few days after Trajan's passing away, in Selinus, and that his body was interred in Rome only twelve years later. (45 words)
Drawn to the oddity of the case, Wimsey (William Anthony Sebastian Rose II) teams up with his inspector confidante (John Drea) and manservant (Scott Danielson) to chase down clues that reveal a tangled scheme of business and medical malfeasance. (39 words)
There may not be anything unexpected, but there’s no denying the goofy charm of Dug’s pet pig Hognob (Park) masquerading as Nooth’s manservant by giving the tyrant a back massage and “singing” while playing the harp. (39 words)
Example sentences (10)
He’ll get his manservant back in line no matter how many people he has to kill in this horror comedy.
He retains a manservant, socialises with a minor European royal, and practically lives in the most exclusive gentlemen’s club in London.
May also attacked the champ’s manservant Lutha with it, then busted Storm up with her high heel (“watch out for the shoe”, indeed) before kissing her bloody forehead.
Drawn to the oddity of the case, Wimsey (William Anthony Sebastian Rose II) teams up with his inspector confidante (John Drea) and manservant (Scott Danielson) to chase down clues that reveal a tangled scheme of business and medical malfeasance.
There may not be anything unexpected, but there’s no denying the goofy charm of Dug’s pet pig Hognob (Park) masquerading as Nooth’s manservant by giving the tyrant a back massage and “singing” while playing the harp.
Dave Foley co-starred as Simon's manservant Hecubus (made up to resemble the character of Cesare from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ), whose sense of child-like mischief provided much of the sketches' humor.
Elizabeth Speller, p. 25 In a telltale sign, it has been discovered that Trajan's young manservant Phaedimus died in his late twenties a few days after Trajan's passing away, in Selinus, and that his body was interred in Rome only twelve years later.
En route, the pair met Giovanni Battista Falcieri ("Tita"), Lord Byron 's former manservant, who joined them and subsequently returned to England with Disraeli.
Leaving the women behind, Candide flees to Paraguay with his practical and heretofore unmentioned manservant, Cacambo.
The dandyish insouciance of Jack and Algernon—established early with Algernon's exchange with his manservant—betrays an underlying unity despite their differing attitudes.
Common combinations with manservant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: