单词 | foot maiden |
释义 | > as lemmasfoot maiden foot maiden n. rare in later use a female attendant or foot servant; also figurative; cf. foot maid n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > female thuftena1100 handmaidc1300 damselc1330 maid womanc1330 handmaidenc1350 handwomana1382 foot maid?a1475 foot maidenc1480 waiting-woman1565 waitressc1595 waiter1639 attendressa1661 c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 203 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 262 & hir fut-madyne martilla. a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in Western Reserve Univ. Bull. (1919) 22 56 (MED) The foote Maiden whiche wacchid for my lady was foryeteful. 1846 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Foot-maiden, a waiting maid. 2013 Province (Vancouver, Brit. Colombia) (Nexis) 14 Nov. b12 McGovern says many times a doctor is just a footmaiden as nature heals itself. < as lemmas |
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