femme de chambre
Britishnoun
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a chambermaid
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rare a personal maid
Etymology
Origin of femme de chambre
C18: woman of the bedroom
Example Sentences
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When her femme de chambre entered her room, she found her mistress on her knees at her morning devotions before a crucifix.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
It was not long before she had an opportunity, in her capacity of femme de chambre, of speaking to Pauline about her brother the poet.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
Bless me," glancing at the ormolu dial over the mantel, "it's after eleven, Clarisse," to the femme de chambre, still in attendance; "tell Miss Wynn's maid to say to her mistress we're waiting breakfast.
From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne
The landlady loves him, the femme de chambre blesses him, the garçon worships him.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
By the end of October they were once more settled at Paris in a floor to themselves, with a valet de place and a femme de chambre.
From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen
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