tirewoman

[ tahyuhr-woom-uhn ]

/ ˈtaɪərˌwʊm ən /

noun, plural tire·wom·en.Archaic.

a lady's maid.

Origin of tirewoman

First recorded in 1605–15; tire³ + -woman

Words nearby tirewoman

Tiree, tire iron, tireless, Tiresias, tiresome, tirewoman, Tîrgu Mureş, Tirich Mir, tiring, tiring room, tiriti

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Example sentences from the Web for tirewoman

I will be my own tirewoman till I can find one who comes to me honest.
A Lady of Quality|Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lizzie was no more flurried than if she had stepped that moment from out of the hands of her tirewoman.
The Eustace Diamonds|Anthony Trollope
Will you go with me as one of my maids, or as a tirewoman perchance?
Grisly Grisell|Charlotte M. Yonge
He answers her "coldly," and his eye rests the while on her "tirewoman, the sweet Margot."
Certain Personal Matters|H. G. Wells

At the upper end, in a large high-backed chair, sat a female figure, behind whom a tirewoman appeared in waiting.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tirewoman

tirewoman

/ (ˈtaɪəˌwʊmən) /

noun plural -women

an obsolete term for lady's maid

Word Origin for tirewoman

C17: see tire ³

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单词	tirewoman
释义	tirewoman [ tahyuhr-woom-uhn ] / ˈtaɪərˌwʊm ən / noun, plural tire·wom·en.Archaic. a lady's maid. Origin of tirewoman First recorded in 1605–15; tire³ + -woman Words nearby tirewoman Tiree, tire iron, tireless, Tiresias, tiresome, tirewoman, Tîrgu Mureş, Tirich Mir, tiring, tiring room, tiriti Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tirewoman I will be my own tirewoman till I can find one who comes to me honest. A Lady of Quality\|Frances Hodgson Burnett Lizzie was no more flurried than if she had stepped that moment from out of the hands of her tirewoman. The Eustace Diamonds\|Anthony Trollope Will you go with me as one of my maids, or as a tirewoman perchance? Grisly Grisell\|Charlotte M. Yonge He answers her "coldly," and his eye rests the while on her "tirewoman, the sweet Margot." Certain Personal Matters\|H. G. Wells At the upper end, in a large high-backed chair, sat a female figure, behind whom a tirewoman appeared in waiting. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846\|Various British Dictionary definitions for tirewoman tirewoman / (ˈtaɪəˌwʊmən) / noun plural -women an obsolete term for lady's maid Word Origin for tirewoman C17: see tire ³ Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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