A female servant who cleans and cares for the bedrooms of a house, a chambermaid; (also) a handmaid; a lady's maid. Now archaic and historical.
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| 释义 | society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant having care of bedchambers > woman or girl (5) chamberer1340 A female servant who cleans and cares for the bedrooms of a house, a chambermaid; (also) a handmaid; a lady's maid. Now archaic and historical. chambermaid1578 A woman employed to clean the bedrooms in a house or hotel. chambress1656 A chambermaid. Obsolete. rare. femme de chambre1800 Chiefly in French contexts: a chambermaid in a house or hotel. Subcategories:— who lay in bed to warm it (1) |
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