单词 | servantess |
释义 | servantessn. rare. A female servant. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.a1425 |
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