servant's entrance
Noun: * A secondary or rear entrance to a building, historically designated for use by servants, tradespeople, and for the delivery of goods and removal of waste. This entrance is typically less ornate and more functional than the main entrance, reflecting social hierarchies and the practical separation of domestic service from the formal areas of a house.
The term "servant's entrance" is used to describe a specific architectural feature, primarily in historical or formal contexts. It refers to the door used by domestic staff and for utilitarian purposes. * The delivery person was directed to the servant's entrance at the back of the mansion. * In Victorian homes, the servant's entrance often led directly into the kitchen and scullery areas.
- The concept can be used metaphorically to describe a secondary, less prestigious, or more practical point of access to an organization, system, or opportunity.
- He didn't get the official internship but found a servant's entrance into the company through a temporary data-entry role.
- Service entrance: A more modern and common term with the same meaning, often used in architectural plans and building descriptions without the historical class connotations.
- Back door: A general term for a rear entrance, which may or may not have been specifically for servants. It can also have metaphorical meanings related to illicit or unofficial access.
- Tradesman's entrance: A closely related term emphasizing use by delivery people and craftsmen.
- Service door
- Back entrance
- Rear entrance
- Main entrance
- Front door
- Grand entrance
- To come/go in through the servant's entrance: To gain access or entry in a humble, unofficial, or indirect manner.
- She didn't have the formal qualifications, so she came into the industry through the servant's entrance, starting as an assistant.
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an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse
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