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ˈbower-ˌwoman arch.
Also 4–5 bour-, 5 bur-.
[f. bower n.1 1.]
A chamber-woman, a waiting-woman.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 9 Þis gospel telliþ not how Marie tok a bourwoman, but went mekeli in hast to salute her cosyn. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 1711 A lady, twa bourwemen alswa. c1450Gloss. in Wr.–Wülcker 691 Hec abra, ancilla, burwoman. 1820Scott Monast., The shepherd's wife..who in better days had been her own bowerwoman. |