menservants
Household male staff
Menservants is the plural of manservant, a male domestic employee such as a butler, valet, or footman.
The term is old-fashioned, evoking the formal household staff of earlier centuries: The estate employed a dozen menservants.
Today it appears mainly in historical fiction or period pieces.
Personal servant or parker
- butlerChief domestic servant
- footmanUniformed domestic male attendant
- aideSupporting staff member
- pageNoble's young assistant
steward · orderly · batman · equerry · bellboy · concierge · escort · usher
Chief domestic servant
- valetPersonal servant or parker
- footmanUniformed domestic male attendant
- stewardManager for another
- housemanMale domestic attendant
chauffeur · houseboy · cook · gardener · groom · porter · housekeeping · groundskeeper
Identifying uniform or colors
- retainerUpfront professional fee
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
- yeomanIndependent cultivator or naval clerk
- varletBase fellow or servant
seneschal · liegeman · man-at-arms · chamberlain · page · squire · groom · manorial
Required moral task
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
attendance · uniform · livery · deference · discretion · propriety · household · domestic
valet
Personal servant or parker
page · steward · orderly · batman · equerry · bellboy · concierge · escort · usher · squire
butler
Chief domestic servant
houseman · chauffeur · houseboy · cook · gardener · groom · porter · housekeeping · groundskeeper · caretaker
livery
Identifying uniform or colors
- retainerUpfront professional fee
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
- yeomanIndependent cultivator or naval clerk
varlet · seneschal · liegeman · man-at-arms · chamberlain · page · squire · groom · manorial · feudal
duty
Required moral task
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
dedication · attendance · uniform · livery · deference · discretion · propriety · household · domestic · employ
menservantsmaidservants
Female household employees
maids · handmaidens · chambermaids · housemaids · scullery maids
menservantsmasters
Those with dominion
lords · employers · mistresses · landowners · gentry
servants, serve, service, serving, servant, served, server, servitude, subservient