servant
/ˈsɜːvənt/noun
उच्चारण सर्वन्ट
नौकर, सेवक
Basic word
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a person who works in another person's house, and cooks, cleans for them; a person who works for a company or an organization; a person or thing that is controlled by something
नौकर, सेवक
- a civil servant
- a public servant
- The old servant had worked in the family for forty years.
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- Rich families once employed servants to cook and clean.
- A civil servant must remain neutral in politics.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Civil servant (a person who works in the government departments of a country: IAS, IPS officers), public servant (a person who works for the government or public), domestic servant.
Collocation बहुत पूछा जाता है: civil servant (देश के सरकारी विभागों में काम करने वाला: IAS, IPS अधिकारी, लोक सेवक), public servant (सरकार या जनता के लिए काम करने वाला), domestic servant (घरेलू नौकर)।
'Fire is a good servant but a bad master' (something useful can also be dangerous if not controlled); 'Money is a good servant but a bad master.'
कहावतें: 'Fire is a good servant but a bad master' (उपयोगी चीज़ नियंत्रण में न हो तो खतरनाक हो सकती है); 'Money is a good servant but a bad master'।
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General knowledge
21 April is Civil Services Day in India (Sardar Patel addressed the first batch of officers on this day in 1947, calling them the 'steel frame of India').
21 अप्रैल भारत में सिविल सेवा दिवस है (1947 में इसी दिन सरदार पटेल ने अधिकारियों के पहले बैच को संबोधित किया और उन्हें 'भारत का इस्पाती ढाँचा' कहा)।