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‖ suivante Obs.|sɥivɑ̃t| [F., pres. pple. fem. of suivre to follow.] A confidential maid.
1698Vanbrugh Short Vindic. 51 Mademoiselle brings to mind what may often be expected from a Suivante of her Countrey. 1782[T. Vaughan] Fashionable Follies I. xci. 139 The more secrets Madame had to keep, the better for her suivante. 1812Scott Let. in Lockhart (1837) III. i. 17 Lady Douglas's suivante. |