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单词 waiting-woman
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waiting-womann.

Brit. /ˈweɪtɪŋˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈweɪdɪŋˌwʊmən/
Etymology: waiting adj.
Now archaic.
A female servant, or personal attendant.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > female
thuftena1100
handmaidc1300
damselc1330
maid womanc1330
handmaidenc1350
handwomana1382
foot maid?a1475
foot maidenc1480
waiting-woman1565
waitressc1595
waiter1639
attendressa1661
1565 in Burgon Gresham (1839) II. 391 Suffring only one waiting wooman to attende upon her.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 94 By all Dianas wayting women yond And by her selfe I will not tell you whose. View more context for this quotation
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. v. 43 Being now left alone with her maid, she told her trusty waiting-woman, ‘That she never was more easy than at present.’ View more context for this quotation
1831 W. Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. Neither the Highland cicerone MacLeish, nor the demure waiting~woman, were drawn from imagination.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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