单词 | waiting-maid |
释义 | waiting-maidn. A superior female servant in personal attendance on a lady. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lady's maid chamberlaina1400 waiting-maid1561 chambermaid1569 lady's maid1577 tire-woman1615 abigail1616 fille de chambre1673 suivante1674 comb-brush1702 tiring-woman1732 femme de chambre1741 lady's woman1748 personal maid1748 comb-brusher1751 ayah1782 wardrobe maid1797 soubrette1824 camerist1838 tire-maid1871 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. iii. §7. 20 b Will dothe accompanie it [sc. Grace] and not leade it, as a waytinge maide after it & not a forgoer. a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrrrr2v/2 A Ribbon, or a Glove. Cla. Nay those are tokens for a waiting maid To trim the Butler with. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 59 Here is Mr. B——, with such and such an Estate, has married his Mother's Waiting-maid. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 76 ‘Milady is very generous,’ said the waiting-maid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1561 |
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