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Definition of maidservant in English: maidservantnoun ˈmeɪdsəːv(ə)ntˈmeɪdˌsərvənt dated A female domestic servant. Example sentencesExamples - She promptly placed one thousand man-servants opposite one thousand maidservants and declared, ‘He will marry her, she will marry him, ‘and so on.’
- The maids bringing in lace caps and a box of hair powder on the left are probably her maidservants, Antonia Vanderbrocht and Petronila Valdearenas.
- ‘Lilly,’ Lady Cynthia summoned the maidservant over to her.
- The door opened to find Alban standing with Lady Madeline seated besides her maidservant.
- We are reminded of Defoe's Moll Flanders, whose narrator ruefully recalls aspiring as a young maidservant to be a ‘Gentlewoman’ like a woman in her village who sits at her window dressed in fine clothes.
Synonyms female servant, housemaid, parlourmaid, serving maid, lady's maid, chambermaid, maid-of-all-work, domestic, drudge, menial
Definition of maidservant in US English: maidservantnounˈmādˌsərvəntˈmeɪdˌsərvənt dated A female domestic servant. Example sentencesExamples - We are reminded of Defoe's Moll Flanders, whose narrator ruefully recalls aspiring as a young maidservant to be a ‘Gentlewoman’ like a woman in her village who sits at her window dressed in fine clothes.
- The maids bringing in lace caps and a box of hair powder on the left are probably her maidservants, Antonia Vanderbrocht and Petronila Valdearenas.
- She promptly placed one thousand man-servants opposite one thousand maidservants and declared, ‘He will marry her, she will marry him, ‘and so on.’
- ‘Lilly,’ Lady Cynthia summoned the maidservant over to her.
- The door opened to find Alban standing with Lady Madeline seated besides her maidservant.
Synonyms female servant, housemaid, parlourmaid, serving maid, lady's maid, chambermaid, maid-of-all-work, domestic, drudge, menial
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