Menial : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Menial	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Menial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
menial adj used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn: humble, menial, lowly] n a domestic servant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Menial \Men"ial\, a. [OE. meneal, fr. meine, maine, household, OF. maisni[82]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. [bd] Menial offices.[b8] --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.