maidservant

[ meyd-sur-vuhnt ]
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noun
  1. a female servant.

Origin of maidservant

1
First recorded in 1520–30; maid + servant

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How to use maidservant in a sentence

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

British Dictionary definitions for maidservant

maidservant

/ (ˈmeɪdˌsɜːvənt) /


noun
  1. a female servant

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