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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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