Men in office have begun to think themselves mere agents and servants of the appointing power, and not agents of the government or the country. D. Webster.

* In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and other agents, are servants for the time they are employed in such character, as they act in subordination to others. So any person may be legally the servant of another, in whose business, and under whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for the time being. Chitty.

Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. Deut. v. 15.

In my time a servant was I one. Chaucer.

Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of servitude. -- Your humble servant, or Your obedient servant, phrases of civility often used in closing a letter.

Our betters tell us they are our humble servants, but understand us to be their slaves. Swift.