A maidservant; a handmaid, female slave.
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释义 | society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > female (12) thuftena1100 A maidservant; a handmaid, female slave. handmaidc1300 A female personal attendant or servant; a maid. Cf. handmaiden, n. 1. archaic and historical in later use. damselc1330 A maid in waiting, a female attendant. Originally a young lady of gentle birth, as maid of honour or waiting-woman to a lady of rank; but… maid womanc1330 handmaidenc1350 A female personal attendant or servant; = handmaid, n. 1a. archaic and historical in later use. handwomana1382 A female (personal) servant; a handmaid. Also in extended use. Chiefly historical. foot maid?a1475 a female attendant or foot servant; cf. foot maiden n. foot maidenc1480 a female attendant or foot servant; also figurative; cf. foot maid n. waiting-woman1565 A female servant, or personal attendant. waitressc1595 A waiting-maid, handmaid. Obsolete. rare. waiter1639 A man (rarely a woman) of lower rank employed as a household servant. A waiting-woman. Obsolete. rare. attendressa1661 A female attendant, a waitress. |
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