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‖ matranee Anglo-Indian.|məˈtrɑːniː|
Also matraney.
[Corruption of Hindī mehtarānī, fem. of mehtar.]
A female sweeper (of a house); a female house-servant in India whose duty it is to perform the most menial offices.
c1804Sherwood in Life Mrs. S. (1854) 294 A Matranee. c1813Mrs. Sherwood Stories Ch. Catech. xxxvii. 376 A procession of sweeper-women, or matraneys. 1886Yule & Burnell Anglo-Ind. Gloss., Matranee,..a female sweeper. |