housemaiden

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Synonym of lady-in-waiting.

   • The few rooms that were shewn were thronged by a hot crew, who had each to pay some toll to a virago of a housemaiden at each several door.
   • The Queen was in good spirits, discoursing with her usual volubility to all, and indifferently on every subject; for she was as able to discuss a knotty point with a divine as to teach her housemaidens a new stitch in needle work.
   • "Are you sure you're feeling all right, housemaiden?" A maiden of King Aldrik's house—not quite a servant, but not quite a ward, either.
2. 2

   Synonym of housemaid.

   • Tell me, I pray, What has your housemaiden tidied away, She of the duster and broom?
   • The archetypal image of the wife is that of the submissive, obedient housemaiden, whose sole obligation lies in looking after the welfare of her husband and her marriage.

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