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Definition of: subservient
(səb·sûr′vē·ənt) adjective
1. Adapted to promote some end or purpose; being of service; useful as a subordinate.
2. Hence, acting in the interests of another; servile; obsequious; truckling.
—noun One who or that which subserves. See synonyms under BASE2. [<L subserviens, -entis, ppr. of subservire SUBSERVE]
—sub·ser′vi·ent·ly adverb
—sub·ser′vi·ent·ness, sub·ser′vi·ence, sub·ser′vi·en·cy noun
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