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ˈwoman-ˌservant
Pl. women-servants.
A female servant.
1529Sel. Cases Star Chamber (Selden Soc.) II. 43 Other wymen and wymen seruands. 1539Bible (Great) Gen. xx. 14 Men seruauntes & wemenseruauntes [1560 Geneva women seruantes]. 1589Rider Bibl. Schol. 1670 A woman seruant. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Pope Wks. 1787 IV. 15 She bribed a woman-servant to procure her a sword. 1838Dickens O. Twist xxxiv, At this, the two women-servants lifted up their hands and eyes. 1855Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 263 A dirty woman-servant opened the door. |