femme de chambre

British  

/ fam də ʃɑ̃brə /

noun

1. a chambermaid

2. rare a personal maid

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Etymology

Origin of femme de chambre

C18: woman of the bedroom

Example Sentences

Only the femme de chambre answered the summons.

From Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo by Grefé, Will

I suppose it reflects upon the femme de chambre when the mistress is not up to the mark.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

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

We really don't know what to call them, although the one who attends to my room informed me quite frankly that he was the femme de chambre.

From In Château Land by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth

With a low salutation, and a coquettish movement of the head that set all her ribbons fluttering, the femme de chambre made her exit.

From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt