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单词 servantess
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servantessn.

Brit. /ˌsəːv(ə)nˈtɛs/, /ˈsəːv(ə)ntᵻs/, U.S. /ˈsərvəntəs/
Forms: see servant n. and -ess suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: servant n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < servant n. + -ess suffix1.Apparently re-formed in the early 20th cent.
rare.
A female servant.
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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
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xvi. 2 Entre thou to my seruauntesse [L. ancillam].
a1425 Lyf Oure Lady (Windsor) (1985) 38 (MED) Þe seruauntesse shal bere þe lord, by newe grace & name & werk, þe Saueour of þe world.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) (citing Wycliffe) Servantess,..a female servant.]
1903 Wilhelm's Mag. Aug. 121/1 As octoroon May look on feasting mirth And sigh as thrown apart, A servantess [rhyme loneliness]—Yet, hovering o'er each ruling grace To smooth a robe or spot efface, She, mingling, serves the crowd.
2003 everything2.com 9 June (Internet Archive Wayback Machine 20 Feb. 2012) There are rumours..that a great fire in the Pitti Palace in Florence killed the queen's baby, and that the child of a servantess was put in his place as substitute.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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