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ˈbower-maid, -ˌmaiden arch.
Also 4–5 bur-, bour-, boure-.
[f. bower n.1 1.]
A chamber-maid; a lady in waiting.
c1308Sat. People Kildare ix. in E.E.P. (1862) 175 Goddes bourmaidnes and his owen spouse. c1330Arth. & Merl. 6486 A burmaiden he hadde fair and schene. c1440Promp. Parv. 56 Burmayden, pedissequa, ancilla. c1450Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 623 Abra, bowre-mayde. 1884Tennyson Becket 121 Only my best bower-maiden died of late. |