Ambahtmen

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Archaic plural term for men who serve as attendants, servants, or officials in the household or service of a lord
2. Old word for servants or attendants, the men who carry out duties for a master or superior in a household
3. Obsolete plural denoting persons employed in service, such as menials, retainers, or officers of a lord

Etymology: "Ambahtmen" is the plural of "ambahtman," a rare Old English word and an inflected form of it. It is the plural of "ambeht" (also spelled "ambiht"), meaning a job, office, or service, and "ambahtman" meant a servant or official, someone who performed a duty for a lord or household. The word's ancestry is Germanic, related to Gothic "andbahts" (servant), and it has no clear Latin or Greek source, though it is sometimes connected to the Celtic word "ambactus" (client or retainer) that Gaulish speakers used.