servicewomann.

Brit.

/ˈsəːvɪsˌwʊmən/, U.S.

/ˈsərvəsˌwʊmən/

Inflections: Plural servicewomen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: service n.¹, woman n.

Etymology: < service n.¹ + woman n. In sense 2 after serviceman n. 2.

1. A woman engaged to provide service, or to perform any of various services. rare.Probably not a fixed collocation. In later use almost entirely eclipsed by sense 2b.

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1866 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 9 May The Boston Journal recommends the appointment of service women on the police to assist in ferreting out female pickpockets.

1887 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 22 May 21/1 Most of the firms employing service-women have found out that manufacturing on their own premises involves an unnecessary expense.

1917 Daily Mail 11 Oct. 4/3 The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps needs thousands of women at this moment... It needs them as cooks, as waitresses, as clerks, as general service women for hospitals, [etc.].

1936 H. A. Byrne Employm. Hotels & Restaurants ii. 19 All but 11 of the 523 service women for whom a weekly rate was reported had a rate of less than $15.

†a. The wife or female partner of a serviceman (sense 2). Obsolete.Probably not a fixed collocation.

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1900 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 16 June 2/3 The civilian woman does not understand how the service woman can ‘let her husband go’, without at least some little rain of tears.

1914 Daily Mail 27 Nov. 5/2 The troubled ‘Service’ women..stand whispering in the little shops.

b. A woman who is serving, or has served, in the armed forces. Cf. service n.¹ 20.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > military man > [noun] > female

servicewoman1918

1918 Manch. Guardian 15 Aug. 6/3 (headline) A leave club for service women.

1939 Citizen (Gloucester) 2 Oct. 4/3 We are still wondering..if Servicemen and Servicewomen on home leave will have to go to the provinces before they can see a good show!

1999 Balloons & Airships Mar. 8/4 Julie made history in 1991 when she became the first woman to gain her RAF Wings as an active servicewoman.

2016 New Statesman 13 May 13/1 There was a phalanx of servicewomen in white uniforms, each smiling from ear to ear.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	servicewoman
释义	servicewomann. Brit. /ˈsəːvɪsˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈsərvəsˌwʊmən/ Inflections: Plural servicewomen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: service n.¹, woman n. Etymology: < service n.¹ + woman n. In sense 2 after serviceman n. 2. 1. A woman engaged to provide service, or to perform any of various services. rare.Probably not a fixed collocation. In later use almost entirely eclipsed by sense 2b. ΚΠ 1866 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 9 May The Boston Journal recommends the appointment of service women on the police to assist in ferreting out female pickpockets. 1887 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 22 May 21/1 Most of the firms employing service-women have found out that manufacturing on their own premises involves an unnecessary expense. 1917 Daily Mail 11 Oct. 4/3 The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps needs thousands of women at this moment... It needs them as cooks, as waitresses, as clerks, as general service women for hospitals, [etc.]. 1936 H. A. Byrne Employm. Hotels & Restaurants ii. 19 All but 11 of the 523 service women for whom a weekly rate was reported had a rate of less than $15. 2. †a. The wife or female partner of a serviceman (sense 2). Obsolete.Probably not a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1900 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 16 June 2/3 The civilian woman does not understand how the service woman can ‘let her husband go’, without at least some little rain of tears. 1914 Daily Mail 27 Nov. 5/2 The troubled ‘Service’ women..stand whispering in the little shops. b. A woman who is serving, or has served, in the armed forces. Cf. service n.¹ 20. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > military man > [noun] > female servicewoman1918 1918 Manch. Guardian 15 Aug. 6/3 (headline) A leave club for service women. 1939 Citizen (Gloucester) 2 Oct. 4/3 We are still wondering..if Servicemen and Servicewomen on home leave will have to go to the provinces before they can see a good show! 1999 Balloons & Airships Mar. 8/4 Julie made history in 1991 when she became the first woman to gain her RAF Wings as an active servicewoman. 2016 New Statesman 13 May 13/1 There was a phalanx of servicewomen in white uniforms, each smiling from ear to ear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866
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