subservient

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subservient /səb ˈsɜr vi ənt/ ?

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At first, Wang played the role of subservient subject going abroad not for his own sake alone but also for the glory of the motherland.
Here a younger, more flamboyant crime boss strutted through the courtroom, snapping out orders to subservient henchmen, reveling in his new and lethally acquired notoriety.
Sally Boysen, a psychologist at Ohio State University, probed the degree to which a chimp's ability to reason is subservient to the animal's desires.

Asked by BBC Radio how he would judge Blair's support of Bush, Carter said: "Abominable. Loyal. Blind. Apparently subservient. And I think the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have...
on May 19, 2007 By: Jimmy Carter Source: Washington Post
"We are not the 51st state of the United States of America and Mr. Rudd's salute carried a subservient connotation many Australians won't like," said Bob Brown, leader of the minor opposition Greens pary.
on Apr 3, 2008 By: Bob Brown Source: International Herald Tribune
Zardari has said he will relinquish some of the power accumulated by Musharraf, saying yesterday: "Parliament is sovereign. This president shall be subservient to the parliament."
on Sep 6, 2008 By: Asif Ali Zardari Source: Ha'aretz