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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Menial \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Menial \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
menial
adj : used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn: {humble},
{lowly}]
n : a domestic servant [syn: {dogsbody}]
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