Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
SERVANT
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
SERVANT. Does not necessarily imply a menial attendant, for Domesday shews us several tenants-iu-cliief who are styled ' Servientes Regis.' In the 0. Test, we find an intluential person, the opponent of Nehemiah, styled Tobiah 'the Servant,' and in the same way, during the middle ages, men of large landed estates are frequently styled " servants " of particular noblemen. H.R. Servieus.