servitor

servitor
/serr"vi teuhr/, n.
1. a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
2. a glass worker who blocks the gather and does the preliminary blowing of glass for the gaffer.
[1300-50; ME servitour < AF < LL servitor, equiv. to L servi(re) to SERVE + -tor -TOR]

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