humble servant

collocation in English

meaningsofhumbleandservant

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humble
adjective
uk
/ˈhʌm.bəl/us
/ˈhʌm.bəl/
not proud or not believing that you ...
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servant
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.vənt/us
/ˈsɝː.vənt/
a person who is employed in another person's house, doing jobs such as cooking and cleaning, especially in ...
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(Definition ofhumbleandservantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhumble servant

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I am asking that no person who happens to be ahumbleservantshould be penalised.
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He surcharged yourhumbleservantand others £284.
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I myself was thrown into the crowd, and, if it had not been for seven mining students, yourhumbleservantwould not have been here to-night.
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Now she is a beautiful but demure young woman looking forward to many, many more years as ahumbleservantof the empire.
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But he was thehumbleservantof both in his status as an angel....
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When you have achieved your great triumph, take all the treasures for yourself; as to yourhumbleservant, grant him only the annual revenue.
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I will become yourhumbleservantand serve you.
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Some languages have anti-honorific first person forms (like your mosthumbleservantor this unworthy person) whose effect is to enhance the relative honor accorded a second or third person.
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Drayton is ahumbleservantand did not seek such recognition, but he has reluctantly conceded to having his name on the stadium, and we are delighted.
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All are humble servants of the people in the congregation and parish.
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