Servitor to - what does it mean?

[jma09]

Could someone please help me to explain the relationship between these two guys:  "John Murray servitor to Patrick, Commendatour of Lindoris".  Taken from a court case in 1598.

Patrick was Patrick Leslie of Pitcairlie (near St Andrew's Fife) and John Murray was an heir portioner of Aitket [Dumfriesshire].   So I don't think it means he was "a servant of" .. 

[RJ_Paton]

According to Wikipedia There was a John Murray servant of Lord Lindores murdered

In September 1598 James VI came to Abdie to arrest John Arnot, Goodman of Woodmill, for the murder of John Murray, a servant of Lord Lindores.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Leslie,_1st_Lord_Lindores

[KGarrad]

Also:
In certain universities (including some colleges of University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh), a servitor was an undergraduate student who received free accommodation (and some free meals), and was exempted from paying fees for lectures.

[AlanBoyd]

When I worked at the University of Edinburgh in the 1990s the men (and it was always men) who manned the front desk of the building, handled the post–and no doubt did lots of other stuff–were referred to as servitors.

EDIT

see here:
https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/servitor

https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/servitoure

[hanes teulu]

Lexicon Technicum, author John Harris, published 1710
"Rodknights alias Radknights were anciently Servitors, which held their land by serving their Lord on horseback; or attending him in his progress or travels on the road."

"An exact and Particular Account of the way and manner of the Killing of Commissioner Cayley, by Madam Mackfarling", published 1715

Untriguingly, the examination into his death refers to "... Mary Liddell, Servitor to John Mackfarlane, Writer to the Signet ..." and goes on to refer to " ... Barbara Martine, Servant to John Mackfarlane, Writer to the Signet ...".

In some instances servitor simply means servant but in others it identifies a relationship much more than this but which cannot be strictly interpreted. I've considered "follower, attendant, companion" - whichever, there's no specific, single interpretation.

[GR2]

It just means "servant". It covers anyone in service from the lowest to the highest.

Here is the definition:

https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/servitoure

[jma09]

Thanks for your help. I suspect the actual relationship will not be know but I now have several options. Cheers