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Menial

Menial Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Menial? [n] a domestic servant [adj] used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Menial: dogsbody \| humble \| lowly \| unskilled Related Terms \| Find terms related to Menial: attendant \| attending \| base \| blue-collar worker \| bootlicker \| breadwinner \| brown-nosing \| casual \| casual laborer \| common laborer \| cringing \| day laborer \| degrading \| demeaning \| domestic \| domestic servant \| drudge \| employee \| factory worker \| fag \| fawning \| flattering \| flunky \| free lance \| free-lancer \| full-time worker \| gofer \| hand \| help \| helping \| humble \| ignoble \| industrial worker \| jobber \| jobholder \| laborer \| laboring man \| lackey \| leech \| lickspittle \| low \| lowly \| mean \| migrant \| minion \| ministering \| moiler \| navvy \| obeisant \| obsequious \| office temporary \| parasite \| proletarian \| roustabout \| routine \| salaried worker \| scullion \| self-employed person \| serf \| servant \| servile \| serving \| servitor \| servitorial \| slave \| slavey \| slavish \| stiff \| submissive \| subservient \| sycophant \| sycophantic \| temporary \| toady \| toadying \| toiler \| turnspit \| underling \| unskilled \| wage earner \| wage slave \| wageworker \| waiting \| worker \| workgirl \| workhand \| working girl \| workingman \| workingwoman \| workman \| yes-man See Also \| retainer \| servant Menial In Webster's Dictionary \Men"ial\, a. [OE. meneal, fr. meine, maine, household, OF. maisni['e]e, maisnie, LL. mansionaticum. See {Mansion}, and cf. {Meine}, n., {Meiny}.] 1. Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving. Two menial dogs before their master pressed. --Dryden. 2. Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile; low; mean. `` Menial offices.'' --Swift. \Men"ial\, n. 1. A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices. 2. A person of a servile character or disposition.

Menial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Menial?

[n] a domestic servant
[adj] used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Menial: dogsbody | humble | lowly | unskilled

See Also | retainer | servant

Menial In Webster's Dictionary

\Men"ial\, a. [OE. meneal, fr. meine, maine, household,
OF. maisni['e]e, maisnie, LL. mansionaticum. See {Mansion},
and cf. {Meine}, n., {Meiny}.]
1. Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing
   servile office; serving.

         Two menial dogs before their master pressed.
                                               --Dryden.

2. Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile;
   low; mean. `` Menial offices.'' --Swift.


\Men"ial\, n.
1. A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank;
   one employed in low or servile offices.

2. A person of a servile character or disposition.

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