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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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
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
To Hilarius sitting on the bench in the sun, came one of Eleanor’s tirewomen to bid him wait on her mistress.
From Gathering of Brother Hilarius by Michael Fairless
They have bolted their doors, but tell me that the rooms contain the Pfalzgravine von Stahleck and other noble ladies, with their tirewomen.
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
