tirewoman
noun
a lady's maid.
tirewomen
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pluralof tirewoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The two tirewomen accompanying her shrank timorously to the background, palpably panic-stricken, and ready to faint with fright.
From The Sword Maker by Robert Barr
Atossa sat, as ever at that hour in her toilet-chamber, surrounded by her tirewomen.
From Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Thou canst run into her chamber when she and the tirewomen are gone down.”
From Grisly Grisell by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Thereupon, she knew that the Sieur Rudel had returned, and joyfully she summoned her tirewomen and bade them coif and robe her as befitted a princess.
From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
Then the king committed the damsel to the tirewomen, saying to them: "Amend the state of this damsel, and deck her, and furnish for her a private chamber, and take her into it."
From The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales by Maxfield Parrish
