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Meanings of paid servants in English

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Usage of paid servants in English
1
Who would want paid servants after this?
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
2
They are the Commission, the civil service, the paid servants whose authority comes from the Council of Ministers.
The Irish Times
3
Both had higher objects of ambition than to become the humble and well- paid servants of a foreign potentate.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
4
Not from him directly, but he has many friends, or paid servants, ready to carry out his orders.
Under the Rebel's Reign
5
Beetle-kinden were resolutely proud about not keeping slaves: the trade was immoral, they said, and besides, paid servants worked harder.
Empire in black and gold
6
Well, two paid servants, we'll say; one to look after the men, and the other to look after the money.
The Warden
7
It is astonishing that those elected to run the country, including as paid servants of the crown, can seriously contemplate it.
The Guardian
8
When the coaches discharged their occupants, Roma saw that except the paid servants of the funeral she was the only mourner.
The Eternal City
9
They also had about them the indescribable air of rather aggressive assurance which belongs especially to highly- paid servants, men and women.
The Primadonna / A Sequel to "Fair Margaret"
10
They were paid servants of the owners exactly as he was, and it was his duty to see that they earned their hire.
A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle
11
Gentlemen do not as a rule condescend to meet their paid servants-actorsand the like,-insingle combat-but I will do you that honour!
The Master-Christian
12
(Those who didn't simply bribed the ill- paid servants who acted as gardeners for the necessary information.)
Tulipomania: the story of the world's most coveted flower & the ...
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Paid servants across language varieties
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