Your obedient servant In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "your obedient servant", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-08-09 10:08

Meaning of Your obedient servant

Synonyms:

Your humble servant

Your obedient servant old use

Used to end a letter that is written for an official or important occasion.

 

It has been a long time I haven't seen any letters that ended with the phrase "your obedient servant."

He wrote at the end of the letter "I beg to remain, sir, your obedient servant." And that seemed weird to me at first because I didn't know that was the old-fashioned way to end a letter.

Origin of Your obedient servant

The origin of this phrase is not clear.
 

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