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

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femme de chambre

In the morning I complained of them to the femme de chambre, who positively denied that there were any in the house.

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby

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 Ashmore, Annie

Sent up the femme de chambre to ask them politely to take their boots off.

From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram

Through Rouen when our friends had been,        Next up the staircase see them go, And all its famous places seen, With femme de chambre the way to show.

From Abroad by Crane, Thomas

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