Servingwoman

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female servant. historical

    "[…]; and Cascorro courting Eulalia, the servingwoman, who was the very image of domesticity as she sat sewing seed pearls on a pair of gray gloves."

Example

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"[…]; and Cascorro courting Eulalia, the servingwoman, who was the very image of domesticity as she sat sewing seed pearls on a pair of gray gloves."

Etymology

From Middle English servynge womman, servyng woman; equivalent to serving + -woman.

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