'Subservient' definitions:

Definition of 'subservient'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw
adjective
Serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime" [syn: implemental, instrumental, subservient]
adjective
Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes- man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" [syn: slavish, subservient, submissive]

Definition of 'Subservient'

From: GCIDE
  • Subservient \Sub*serv"i*ent\, a. [L. subserviens, -entis, p. pr. See Subserve.] Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. [1913 Webster]
  • Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in one kind or other. --Bp. Fell. [1913 Webster]
  • These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
  • Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizing spirit. --Burke. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'subservient'

From: GCIDE
  • low-level \low-level\ adj.
  • 1. weak; not intense; as, low-level radiation. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. lower in rank or importance. [Narrower terms: {adjunct, assistant}; {associate(prenominal) ; {buck ; {deputy(prenominal), proxy(prenominal) ; {subject, dependent ; {subservient ] [Narrower terms: {under(prenominal) ; {ruled ; {secondary ] Also See inferior, subordinate. Antonym: dominant.
  • Syn: subordinate. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. at a low level in rank or importance; as, a low-level job; low-level discussions. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 4. occurring at a relatively low altitude; as, a low-level strafing run; low-level bombing. [WordNet 1.5] Lowlihood

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