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subservient (adjective), more subservient, most subservient
1. Pertaining to an excessive eagerness to follow the wishes or orders of others: Helene's subservient behavior belied her real intent, which was to learn the housekeeper's role and then to take over the position.
2. A reference to being in a position of secondary importance: The research assistant was unhappy with his subservient position in the botany department at the university.
3. Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or attendant: The domestic was trained to be subservient and always bowed and backed out of the room where the king and queen were located.
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2. A reference to being in a position of secondary importance: The research assistant was unhappy with his subservient position in the botany department at the university.
3. Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or attendant: The domestic was trained to be subservient and always bowed and backed out of the room where the king and queen were located.
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serv- (slave)
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sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-, su-
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“subservient”
Characteristic of being subordinate, servile, submissive, and obsequious; resembling a slave or a servant. (1)
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