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Server   /sˈərvər/   Listen
Server

noun
1.
A person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant).  Synonym: waiter.
2.
(court games) the player who serves to start a point.
3.
(computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network.  Synonym: host.
4.
Utensil used in serving food or drink.



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"Server" Quotes from Famous Books



... say, sir. I know this man well: he hath been since an ape-bearer; then a process-server, a bailiff; then he compassed a motion of the Prodigal Son, and married a tinker's wife within a mile where my land and living lies; and, having flown over many knavish professions, he settled only in rogue: ...
— The Winter's Tale - [Collins Edition] • William Shakespeare
... real as it was, did not prevent him from being bold upon occasion, speaking the truth to popes and princes, and making his personality respected. He was even accused of being too "terrible," too little of a courtier and time-server. ...
— The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti • John Addington Symonds
... whole town; and in particular, my Lord Turn-about, my Lord Time-server, my Lord Fair-speech, (from whose ancestors that town first took its name), also Mr. Smooth-man, Mr. Facing-both-ways, Mr. Any-thing; and the parson of our parish, Mr. Two-tongues, was my mother's own brother by father's side; and to tell you the truth, I am become a gentleman of good ...
— The Pilgrim's Progress - From this world to that which is to come. • John Bunyan


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