单词	maidservant
释义	maidservant noun maid·​ser·​vant ˈmād-ˌsər-vənt  : a female servant Synonyms biddy char [British] charwoman handmaiden handmaid house girl housekeeper housemaid maid skivvy [British] wench See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a large estate that once had many maidservants Recent Examples on the Web His mother, Jeanne Rabin, a French maidservant, died about six months after his birth. Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022 Petra, a frisky maidservant coming off of a weekend dalliance, turns to the audience and imagines her possible futures, first married to a miller’s son, then to a businessman, then to the Prince of Wales. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2021 In this version and in the one at the Uffizi, a maidservant, Abra, forcefully holds Holofernes down while Judith confidently hacks away at his neck. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020 De Hooch was arguably the first artist to sanctify these passing moments among the Dutch housewives and maidservants of a prosperous but unsettled time. B.t. | Delft, The Economist, 16 Oct. 2019 Its protagonist was Ann Jefferies, a maidservant of the Pitt family at St Teath, Cornwall. Longreads, 9 June 2018 One gathering encourages comparison of scenes of men entering the domain of women, some as welcome suitors and guests, other as intruders, albeit blocked by laughing maidservants. Karen Wilkin, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2017 For example, one serves as the maidservant who brings Lady Macbeth the letter from her lord, informing her of the witches' prophecies and thus igniting Lady M's own deadly ambitious schemes. Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2017 From the king’s maidservant, from Na’arat, jars of wine, to Jerusalem. Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2016 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above maidservant noun as in housekeeper a female domestic servant a large estate that once had many maidservants Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance housekeeper maid housemaid handmaid handmaiden charwoman skivvy wench biddy house girl chambermaid nursemaid char attendant domestic lady-in-waiting abigail menial amah maid-in-waiting au pair ayah
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