The difference between Assigned servant and Convict

When used as nouns, assigned servant means a convict assigned to work as a servant for a free settler (either a male or female convict, and either a male or female settler), whereas convict means a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.


Convict is also verb with the meaning: as a result of legal proceedings, of a crime, of charges, on charges of something.

check bellow for the other definitions of Assigned servant and Convict

  1. Assigned servant as a noun (UK, Australia, historical):

    A convict assigned to work as a servant for a free settler (either a male or female convict, and either a male or female settler).

  1. Convict as a verb (transitive):

    to find guilty as a result of legal proceedings, of a crime, of charges, on charges of something informally, notably in a moral sense; said about both perpetrator and act

  2. Convict as a verb (esp. religious):

    to convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something)

  1. Convict as a noun (legal):

    A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

  2. Convict as a noun:

    A person deported to a penal colony.

  3. Convict as a noun:

    The convict cichlid (), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.

  4. Convict as a noun:

    A common name for the sheepshead (), owing to its black and gray stripes.