souffre-douleurn.

/ˌsuːfrəduːˈləː/

Forms: Also souffre douleur.

Etymology: French, lit. ‘suffer sorrow’.

One who is in a subservient position and must listen to or share another's troubles; also spec. a woman who acts as a paid companion to an older woman.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > confidential servant or companion

troutc1661

companion1697

dame de compagnie1784

souffre-douleur1845

paid companion1853

1845 M. Gardiner Strathern II. xvii. 17 The woman on whose arm she leans is her dame de compagnie, her souffre douleur.

1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. iii. 55 A younger brother and legitimate souffre douleur.

1907 M. E. Braddon Dead Love has Chains i. 3 She had her maid and her souffre-douleur, a dowerless kinswoman of six-and-twenty.

1962 Punch 7 Nov. 684/1 Josephine, employed as Aunt March's souffre-douleur.

1981 W. Gérin Anne Thackeray Ritchie xx. 240 When away from home he always wrote regularly to his ‘souffre douleur’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	souffre-douleur
释义	souffre-douleurn. /ˌsuːfrəduːˈləː/ Forms: Also souffre douleur. Etymology: French, lit. ‘suffer sorrow’. One who is in a subservient position and must listen to or share another's troubles; also spec. a woman who acts as a paid companion to an older woman. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > confidential servant or companion troutc1661 companion1697 dame de compagnie1784 souffre-douleur1845 paid companion1853 1845 M. Gardiner Strathern II. xvii. 17 The woman on whose arm she leans is her dame de compagnie, her souffre douleur. 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. iii. 55 A younger brother and legitimate souffre douleur. 1907 M. E. Braddon Dead Love has Chains i. 3 She had her maid and her souffre-douleur, a dowerless kinswoman of six-and-twenty. 1962 Punch 7 Nov. 684/1 Josephine, employed as Aunt March's souffre-douleur. 1981 W. Gérin Anne Thackeray Ritchie xx. 240 When away from home he always wrote regularly to his ‘souffre douleur’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1845
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