matraneen.

Brit.

/məˈtrɑːni/, U.S.

/məˈtrɑni/

Forms: 1700s matrannee, 1800s matraney, 1800s mehturanee, 1800s methranee, 1800s metrahnee, 1800s metranee, 1800s– matranee, 1900s– mehtarani.

Origin: A borrowing from Urdu. Etymon: Urdu mehtrānī.

Etymology: < Urdu mehtrānī female sweeper < mehtar mehtar n. + -ānī, feminine suffix.

Indian English.

A female house-sweeper; a female servant engaged to perform the most menial tasks in a household.In quot. 1818 apparently used in error for some other word.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > unskilled or doing menial work > Indian > of lowest grade > female

matranee1775

1775 A. Mackrabie Let. 24 Feb. in Francis Lett. (1901) I. 227 House, 2 Matrannees to clean it.

1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. IV. xxxvii. 30 A handsome serai..where a number of people, chiefly women, called Metrahnees, take up their abode to attend strangers on their arrival in the city.

1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) xxxvii. 274 A procession of sweeper-women, or matraneys.

a1851 M. M. Sherwood Life Mrs. Sherwood (1854) xvi. 294 A Matranee; the only female servant we had..; she swept our rooms.

1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 223 A methranee, or female sweeper.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Matranee,..a female sweeper.

1992 N. B. Hanklin Hanklyn-Janklin 136/1 Mehtarani, the sweepress [sic].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	matranee
释义	matraneen. Brit. /məˈtrɑːni/, U.S. /məˈtrɑni/ Forms: 1700s matrannee, 1800s matraney, 1800s mehturanee, 1800s methranee, 1800s metrahnee, 1800s metranee, 1800s– matranee, 1900s– mehtarani. Origin: A borrowing from Urdu. Etymon: Urdu mehtrānī. Etymology: < Urdu mehtrānī female sweeper < mehtar mehtar n. + -ānī, feminine suffix. Indian English. A female house-sweeper; a female servant engaged to perform the most menial tasks in a household.In quot. 1818 apparently used in error for some other word. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > unskilled or doing menial work > Indian > of lowest grade > female matranee1775 1775 A. Mackrabie Let. 24 Feb. in Francis Lett. (1901) I. 227 House, 2 Matrannees to clean it. 1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. IV. xxxvii. 30 A handsome serai..where a number of people, chiefly women, called Metrahnees, take up their abode to attend strangers on their arrival in the city. 1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) xxxvii. 274 A procession of sweeper-women, or matraneys. a1851 M. M. Sherwood Life Mrs. Sherwood (1854) xvi. 294 A Matranee; the only female servant we had..; she swept our rooms. 1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 223 A methranee, or female sweeper. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Matranee,..a female sweeper. 1992 N. B. Hanklin Hanklyn-Janklin 136/1 Mehtarani, the sweepress [sic]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1775
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