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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A femme de chambre, from a convenient window, joined in the hubbub without in the least knowing what it was all about.
From The Husbands of Edith by George Barr McCutcheon
My lady, in high spirits, was superintending, with gusto, her own toilet, as it progressed under the skillful hand of her femme de chambre.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
The femme de chambre would have had her cheek at the keyhole, to catch what he might say.
From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid
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 Mayne Reid
According to him, the couple, "a youthful bridegroom and a fair lady," accompanied by a courier, a femme de chambre, and a carriage, took rooms at the Hotel Vittoria.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Horace Wyndham
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