your servant
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Seemingly from I am your servant.
Noun[edit]
your servant (plural your servants)
- (archaic) Used as a greeting, especially to a lady.
- (archaic) Used as a closing of a personal letter.
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:your servant.
Translations[edit]
archaic: greeting
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Etymology 2[edit]
Calque of Biblical Hebrew עַבְדְּךָ (ʿaḇdəḵā) and עַבְדְּכֶם (ʿaḇdəḵem)