单词 | servantdom |
释义 | servantdomn. The state or condition of being a servant; (also) servants considered collectively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > servants collectively meiniea1382 varletrya1616 servitude1667 servantry1784 ha'-folk1786 servantdom1853 1853 Sharpe's London Mag. Dec. 374/1 The second class cotton generally belongs to the domain of servantdom. 1884 I. Banks Sybilla III. 88 Mrs. Price was holding forth on the subject of servantdom. 1984 Navajo Times (Window Rock, Arizona) 5 Dec. 11/1 He rose through the ranks of servantdom in the grand homes of the heiress to the Black and White whiskey fortune. 2000 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 2 Dec. (Mag.) 4 [Parenthood is] just about tons of service work. I find it a happy, indentured servantdom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853 |
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