Master and servant describes a
hierarchical
A hierarchy (from Greek: , from , 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another. Hierarchy is an importan ...
relationship between an
employer
Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services. Usually based on a contract, one party, the employer, which might be a corporation, a not-for-profit organization, a co-operative, or any ot ...
and a worker.
Master and servant or masters and servants may also refer to:
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Master and Servant Act
Master and Servant Acts or Masters and Servants Acts were laws designed to regulate relations between employers and employees during the 18th and 19th centuries. The UK's Master and Servant Act 1823 described its purpose as "the better regulatio ...
, legal statutes in the United Kingdom in the 18th and 19th centuries
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Master and Servant Act 1889, repeal some UK laws and regulations
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Parable of the Master and Servant, morality story found in the Christian Gospels (specifically, Luke Chapter 17)
*''Master and Servant'' (1979), novel by Kenyan writer
David Mulwa
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Master and Servant" (1984), a Depeche Mode song
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''Masters and Servants'', reality television show by RDF Media
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Respondeat superior'', legal doctrine relating to an employer's liability for acts of his employees
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