The Collaborative International Dictionary
Serving \Serv"ing\, a. & n. from Serve.
Serving board (Naut.), a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes.
Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant.
Serving mallet (Naut.), a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes.
Serving man, a male servant, or attendant; a manservant.
Serving stuff (Naut.), small lines for serving ropes.
Usage examples of "serving man".
Chade fumed at that, and sent a second serving man with terse and precise orders.
I was donning the garments that marked me to all eyes as a serving man.
A lanky serving man shifting a large vase of golden porcelain stared at her, and she stuck out her tongue at him.
Nerim was his serving man, and mended his master as often as his master's clothes.
A serving man hurrying by with an armload of linen towels stared at Mat's muddiness in amazement, but Juilin thought it was at him, and snatched his thumbs free of his belt and at tempted to adopt a more humble stance.