单词 | waiting-woman |
释义 | waiting-womann. Now archaic. A female servant, or personal attendant. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1565 |
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