bonne

American  

[bawn] / bɔn /

noun

French.

PLURAL

bonnes

1. a maid-servant.

2. a child's nurse.

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bonne British  

/ bɔn /

noun

1. a housemaid or female servant

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Etymology

Origin of bonne

Literally, “good (feminine)”

Example Sentences

The most decadent oatmeal I’ve ever had came from a room-service tray: heavy cream, three pats of melting salted butter, a tiny jar of Bonne Maman strawberry jam and a tin of spiced nuts.

From Salon

The execution was carried out by a single dose of the sedative pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre.

From BBC

Brian Dorsey, 52, is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday night at the state prison in Bonne Terre.

From Seattle Times

Here, in a light-filled room whose ceiling blooms with almost Surreal apple forms, the building’s owners — the publicity-shy Gervoson-Chapoulart family that’s behind Andros, the company whose brands include those cute little pots of Bonne Maman jam — have installed the chef Oscar Garcia.

From New York Times

Roque, an economist by profession, worked for the Cuban government before a political rupture that drew international attention in 1997 when, together with three other Cubans — Félix Bonne, René Gómez Manzano and Vladimiro Roca — she created the Internal Dissidence Working Group and signed a declaration titled “The Homeland belongs to everyone,” calling for political and economic openness.

From Seattle Times