Host and Servant

Host

Host noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.

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Servant and host are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Servant" instead a noun "Host".

Nearby Words: hosted, hostess, hosting

Servant noun - A person hired to perform household or personal services.

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Host and servant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Host" instead a noun "Servant".

Nearby Words: serving, servitude, servitor

human	human host	human servant
mortal	mortal host	mortal servant
old	old host	old servant
good	good host	good servant
Other adjectives: female, best, better, perfect, dead, single, poor, powerful, actual, male, young, new, former, mysterious, last, unwilling.

Eventually a servant brought up dinner for one and the friend, still too polite to disturb his host, ate by himself.

Source: Absent-Minded Professor
Stealing the help: There's a common Edwardian comedy trope where some aristocrat will have a particularly good cook and their friends will do everything they can to "steal" that servant (because great food is such a crucial part of performing the part of a host).

Source: Forgotten Trope
Sycophantic Servant: Chip, despite being once left for dead rather apathetically by Cassandra, dotingly serves her and cheerfully donates his body as a host (and thus facilitates his death), even scolding the Doctor for objecting.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S28 E1 "New Earth"

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