French maid
noun/fɹɛnt͡ʃ meɪd/UK
Definitions
A lady's maidservant of French origin, formerly considered a status symbol among wealthy…
A lady's maidservant of French origin, formerly considered a status symbol among wealthy households; now usually with reference to the titillating costume associated with them.
- Lacke turn'd to M.Iohn, mary fit reuerence, The french maid taught me manners : well I hope VVe ſhall haue a fight of the Gentleman.
- If that is the mode in France, why ſhould it not be ſo in Spain too? Wherefore ſhall not a French maid in Spain be ſtill French?
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