| 单词 | lady companion |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady companion (c) Prefixed to job titles (esp. those of servants) to indicate that the holder of the position is a woman of refined or elevated social standing, as lady companion, lady nurse, etc. Cf. lady help n. at Compounds 2e. ΚΠ 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. vi. 94 Some lady-nurses..forego not an hour's amusement. 1873 St. Paul's Mag. ii. 233 He, a dignified ecclesiastic butler, with a perfect palate for port, to be levelled with a pert little chit of a ‘lady-housekeeper’. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 11 July 2/3 (advt.) Lady-Cook, also Lady-Parlourmaid wanted..lady-nurse and man kept. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 139 You only look so distinguished and superior, when really you are slightly inferior, like a shop-lady or a lady-secretary. 1934 Times 9 Jan. 3/5 (advt.) Mrs. Reeves' Agency..can supply qualified Governesses,..Lady Nurses, College-trained Nurses,..Lady Helps..for large and small establishments. 1974 W. Foley Child in Forest ii. 224 There were..lady-cooks, who..spoke with upper-crust accents. 1995 Jrnl. Soc. Hist. 29 362 Lady companions and governesses could when they aged often only find new jobs as housekeepers. < as lemmas |
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