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1 servant
['sə:vənt]1) (a person who is hired to work for another, especially in helping to run a house.) služabnik2) (a person employed by the government, or in the administration of a country etc: a public servant; civil servants.) uslužbenec* * *[sɜ:vənt]noun(glavni) služabnik, sluga, služitelj, posel; hišna pomočnica, služabnica; državni (javni) uslužbenec; plural služinčad, poslicivil servant — uslužbenec državnih, nevojaških, civilnih ustanovdomestic servants — hišni posli, služinčadindoor servant — služabnik, ki opravlja posle v hišimaid-servant — služkinja, deklaman-servant — služabnik, slugaout-door servant — služabnik, ki opravlja posle zunaj hiše (vrtnar, konjski hlapec ipd.)Post-Office servant British English poštni uslužbenecYour obedient servant — Vaš vdani (vljudnosti izraz na koncu pisma pred podpisom; se rabi danes le v uradnih dopisih) -
2 maid
[meid](a female servant: The maid answered the door.) služkinja* * *[méid]noundeklica; poetically devica; služkinjamaid of honour — dvorna dama, American družica pri poroki -
3 parlour-maid
noun (a female servant who opens the door to visitors, serves tea etc.) služkinja
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