Sub·serv'i·ent adjective [ Latin subserviens , -entis , present participle See Subserve .] Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. « Scarce ever reading anything which he did not mak... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/227
subservient 1. An excessive eagerness to follow the wishes or orders of others. 2. In a position of secondary importance. 3. Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2058/5
adjective compliant and obedient to authority; `editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones`-G. B. Shaw Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate. · servile; excessively submissive; obsequious: subservient persons; subservient conduct. · useful in promoting a purpose or end. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/subservient