subservient adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •(disapproving) Obsequiously submissive. •Useful in an inferior capacity. noun1 •A person who is subservient to another; a subordinate.James Harrison, the tenant, was one of his subservients, chosen by him in consequence of his austere piety, and great influence with his sect […] — 1852 formssubservients · more subservient · most subservient