menial Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a domestic servant
  2. adjective satellite used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
    humble; lowly.

WordNet

Men"ial adjective
Etymology
OE. meneal, fr. meine, maine, household, OF. maisniée, maisnie, LL. mansionaticum. See Mansion, and cf. Meine, n., Meiny.
Definitions
  1. Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.
    Two menial dogs before their master pressed. Dryden.
  2. Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile; low; mean. " Menial offices." Swift.
Men"ial noun
Definitions
  1. A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.
  2. A person of a servile character or disposition.

Webster 1913