Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Subordinate in capacity or function.
- adjective Obsequious; servile.
- adjective Useful as a means or an instrument; serving to promote an end.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Useful as an instrument or means to promote an end or purpose; serviceable; being of service.
- Acting as a subordinate instrument; fitted or disposed to serve in an inferior capacity; subordinate; hence, of persons and conduct, truckling; obsequious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Useful in an
inferior capacity . - adjective
Obsequiously submissive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
- adjective serving or acting as a means or aid
- adjective compliant and obedient to authority
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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December 14th, 2008 at 6: 23 pm yes zakaria is what i would call in urdu a chudoo, politely translated to 'subservient' - just towing the official line. have you ever heard of someone saying at the introduction
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The author is Delhi based Research Scholar in International Studies and can be reached at December 14th, 2008 at 6: 23 pm yes zakaria is what i would call in urdu a chudoo, politely translated to 'subservient' - just towing the official line. have you ever heard of someone saying at the introduction
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- Source: Jack Straw: Muslim courts will ALWAYS remain subservient to English law, James Slack, Daily Mail (UK), Oct. 30, 2008 — Summarized by Religion News Blog
Jack Straw: Muslim courts will always remain subservient to English law 2008
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The way I interpret the word subservient my answer is no, I do not think subservience is equivalent to respect.
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The way I interpret the word subservient my answer is no, I do not think subservience is equivalent to respect.
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Women, however, have conventionally been known as subservient and so the muscular look has never been a popular one toned, maybe, but certainly not muscular.
"The man of the moment is an urchin, a wraith or an underfed runt." Ann Althouse 2008
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