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ˈmaidservant
[f. maid n. + servant.]
A female servant, usually a domestic servant.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 83 A mayde seruaunt, thrall and bonde, all naked, fylthy, and deformed. 1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa vii. 287 All the women of this region except maid-seruants go with their faces couered. a1687Petty Pol. Arith. (1690) 101 The Wages given to the poorest Maid-Servant in the Countrey..is 30s. per annum. 1849Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 68 The maid-servant met me at the front door. 1876T. Hardy Ethelberta (1890) 395 One of the pretty maid-servants. |