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maidservant

[ meyd-sur-vuhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

maidservant

/ ˈmeɪdˌsɜːvənt /

First recorded in 1520–30; maid + servant

“The truth is always either terrible or boring,” she tells her maidservant Shae (Sibel Kekilli) earlier this season.

If a man has bought a manservant or a maidservant and has a complaint, his seller shall answer the complaint.

A pretty maidservant, heated and flushed with orders and compliments, crossed his path with a tray full of glasses.

On the bench beside the gate sat the old maidservant with his little sister, a child six years old.

From some impure maidservant who has stolen into the household and the nursery?

She was, she declared, treated like a maidservant and made the hireling of the Despensers.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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