| 单词 | necessary woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnecessary woman 2. Of persons, esp. servants: rendering (certain) necessary, useful, or personal services. In later use frequently necessary woman. (In early use also as postmodifier, with plural necessaries.) Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [adjective] > specifically of person helpfulc1384 necessary1425 serviceable1583 useful1612 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > woman or girl maidenOE schelchenec1000 womanOE maidc1300 ancillec1366 wench1380 child-womana1382 maidservanta1382 serving-womana1398 servantessa1425 servant maid?a1450 woman servant1450 servitrice1477 administress1483 ministressa1500 serving maid?1529 maiden-servant1533 servitrix1566 miskin-fro1585 servant girl1658 girl1668 necessary womanc1689 scout1708 servitress1827 ancilla1871 1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 306/1 Clerkes necessaries being in ye service of ye Prince. 1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 275 I trow ye shuld fynde hym a necessary man to take hede to yowre howshold and to bye all maner of stuffe nedefull þer-to. 1501 in Lett. Richard III. & Henry VII (Rolls) I. App. A. vii That no persone.., except he be a necessary officier, ride befor out of the company of the said princesse. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 38 Those that be his stewards or necessariest men about him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 80 You are well vnderstood to bee a perfecter gyber for the Table, then a necessary Bencher in the Capitoll. View more context for this quotation c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 194 Late necessary woman to King Charles the Second. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 9 Nov. (1948) II. 407 I want a necessary woman strangely; I am as helpless as an elephant. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 14 A most necessary handy Fellow, as could be desir'd. 1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 98/2 Attendants on..the prince of Wales,..Wet nurse,..Dry nurse,..Necessary woman. 1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. I. 175 Ann Spencer, guardian of the necessary, That is to say, the necessary woman. 1899 Tit-Bits 1 Apr. 10/2 The most interesting member of all the [Queen's] kitchen staff is, perhaps, the ‘necessary woman’. 1998 J. Glasheen Secret People of Palaces xxi. 125 Queen Charlotte's..closet intimate Mrs Jane Moore, although still described as a Necessary Woman, would never be asked to empty those receptacles [sc. close-stool and chamberpot]. < as lemmas |
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