Meaning of MENIAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'meeneeul
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- [n] a domestic servant
- [adj] used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
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| | Synonyms: | | dogsbody, humble, lowly, unskilled |
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| | See Also: | | retainer, servant | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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