woman servantn.

Brit.

/ˈwʊmən ˌsəːv(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈwʊmən ˌsərv(ə)nt/

Inflections: Plural women servants, woman servants.

Forms: see woman n. and servant n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woman n., servant n.

Etymology: < woman n. + servant n. Compare manservant n.

A female servant.

ΘΠ

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

1450 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 43 (MED) All my other Gownes and kirtilles that thei be departed to my wommen seruauntes with me at my departyng.

1529 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 43 Other wymen and wymen seruands.

1539 Bible (Great) Gen. xx. 14 Men seruauntes & wemenseruauntes [1560 Geneva women seruantes].

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xviii. f. 133 Dedicated vnto them not onely their menne and woman seruants.

1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1670 A woman seruant.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xx. 485 My women servants dragg'd about my house To lust and rapture.

1686 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 176 He was accused of having Carnall Knowledge of his Brother in Law's women Servants.

1713 Boston News-let. 29 Dec. 2/1 She has on board several Men and Women Servants.

1743 Trial Campbell Craig & Richard Earl of Anglesey 18/2 No Woman-servants dined with Deponent.

1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 35 She bribed a woman-servant to procure her a sword.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxxiii. 254 At this the two women-servants lifted up their hands and eyes.

1855 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 263 A dirty woman-servant opened the door.

1897 Amer. Eccl. Rev. July 102 Every gentleman may have woman-servants about his house without danger of compromising himself.

1914 G. Hunt Life in Amer. xii. 102 The best women servants received about fifty dollars a year.

1953 A. Hosain Phoenix Fled 118 The women servants were crowding into the courtyard, wakened by the lamentations.

2003 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 29 733 The only African who features..is an old Lozi woman servant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	woman servant
释义	woman servantn. Brit. /ˈwʊmən ˌsəːv(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈwʊmən ˌsərv(ə)nt/ Inflections: Plural women servants, woman servants. Forms: see woman n. and servant n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woman n., servant n. Etymology: < woman n. + servant n. Compare manservant n. A female servant. ΘΠ 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 1450 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 43 (MED) All my other Gownes and kirtilles that thei be departed to my wommen seruauntes with me at my departyng. 1529 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 43 Other wymen and wymen seruands. 1539 Bible (Great) Gen. xx. 14 Men seruauntes & wemenseruauntes [1560 Geneva women seruantes]. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xviii. f. 133 Dedicated vnto them not onely their menne and woman seruants. 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1670 A woman seruant. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xx. 485 My women servants dragg'd about my house To lust and rapture. 1686 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 176 He was accused of having Carnall Knowledge of his Brother in Law's women Servants. 1713 Boston News-let. 29 Dec. 2/1 She has on board several Men and Women Servants. 1743 Trial Campbell Craig & Richard Earl of Anglesey 18/2 No Woman-servants dined with Deponent. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 35 She bribed a woman-servant to procure her a sword. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxxiii. 254 At this the two women-servants lifted up their hands and eyes. 1855 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 263 A dirty woman-servant opened the door. 1897 Amer. Eccl. Rev. July 102 Every gentleman may have woman-servants about his house without danger of compromising himself. 1914 G. Hunt Life in Amer. xii. 102 The best women servants received about fifty dollars a year. 1953 A. Hosain Phoenix Fled 118 The women servants were crowding into the courtyard, wakened by the lamentations. 2003 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 29 733 The only African who features..is an old Lozi woman servant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1450
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