A person employed in the civil service; a government employee.

A servant employed in a grand or middle class household.

A person employed by the government. / (historical) Someone who labours for the public good; a convict assigned to work on public projects.

(UK, Australia, historical) A convict assigned to work as a servant for a free settler (either a male or female convict, and either a male or female settler).

(nautical, historical) Before 1796, the rating of a boy entering the Royal Navy at about the age of twelve before becoming a midshipman.

Alternative form of maidservant

(chiefly historical) A debt bondage worker who is under contract of an employer for a specified period of time, in exchange for transportation, food, drink, clothing, lodging, and other necessities.

(archaic) Used as a greeting, especially to a lady. / (archaic) Used as a closing of a personal letter.

(humble, archaic, chiefly in Bible translations) I, me (when addressing two or more people)

(obsolete) A fellow-servant.