subservient - Dictionary definition and meaning for word subservient
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sub+servient..servient sounds like servent.....a servent is a slave or one who is low in rank or position so subordinate..........
SAB KA SERVANT....subservient.....i.e prepared to obey others unquestioningly.......
sub+servient...so remember it as 'serving' as a 'sub'. Sub means below par or dignity, therefore the meaning goes as "behaving like a slave".