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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Menial

/mē'nēəl/ · Men·ial · IPA /ˈmiːni.əl/
01 a. Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.
  1. 1.
    Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.
    “Two menial dogs before their master pressed.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile; low; mean; as, menial tasks.
02 n. A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.
  1. 1.
    A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.
  2. 2.
    A person of a servile character or disposition.