sirviente

Definitions of sirviente
  1. noun
    a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
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    ayuda de cámara
    a valet or personal maid
    galopín, grumete, paje
    a young man acting as a servant on a ship
    asistente, criado, doméstico
    a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
    factótum
    a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
    lacayo
    a male servant (especially a footman)
    mayordomo, senescal
    the chief steward or butler of a great household
    burro de carga, cenicienta, ceniciento, ganapán, machaca, mandado
    a domestic servant
    marmitón, pinche
    a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
    sirvienta
    a girl who is a servant
    despensero, maestresala
    a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
    ama de llaves, casera, gobernanta
    a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
    ama, criada
    a female domestic
    fregona
    a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
    hombre de confianza
    a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
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    trabajador
    a person who works at a specific occupation
  2. noun
    someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
    synonyms: servidor
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    acompañante, asistente
    someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
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