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Definition of Menials
1. menial [n] - See also: menial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menials
Literary usage of Menials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Law by William Callyhan Robinson (1882)
"Of menials. Hired servants are of three kinds: menials ; Day-laborers ; and Agents.
A menial is one who dwells in the household of the master, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"608 inspectors, 24 divisional superintendents, 1 chief superintendent (of the
criminal investigation department), and 2 district superintendents. menials as ..."
3. Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians: Describing the Characteristics by James Lee Humfreville (1903)
"THE DIRTY AND POVERTY STRICKEN ARAPAHOES—A SHIFTLESS AND LAZY PEOPLE—HOW THEY
LIVED—BEGGARS, menials, AND THIEVES. Where did the Arapahoes come from ? ..."
4. The Class Struggle (Erfurt Program) by Karl Kautsky (1910)
"Servants and menials. 'The recruiting ground of socialism is the class of the
propertyless, but not all ranks of this ..."
5. American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme (1862)
"... Fremont dismissed, Lane superseded in his command, Siegel made so unpopular
by the President's menials as to be impelled to resign his command, ..."
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