manservant:
(also ‘man–servant’; plural: ‘menservants‘; and female: ‘maidservant’)
a man who serves a rich man or a man in a high position, doing odd jobs/chores, such as cleaning things, serving food, getting clothes ready and getting his master’s vehicle ready for use, etc., and, in the past, going along with the master on travels helping the master with the travel needs;
a valet; a butler;
a man worker, usually doing chores — cleaning, washing, serving food and drinks — in a household;
a male domestic worker,
a guest (L) & a manservant (R)
In the days gone-by, every English man in any colony used to have a local manservant to attend to his needs.
It was customary in the rich large households to have several menservants and maidservants, each family member having a favourite manservant or maidservant of their own.
There are incidents where we see loyal menservants giving their lives to protect their masters and mistresses, and, on the other hand, there equally good number of incidents where menservants, and maidservants, killing their employers for money or valuables.
