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servingwoman

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from servynge womman

Definitions

  1. A female servant.

    • […]; 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.
    • Sisly Milk-pail, servingwoman to Frankford.
    • The servingwoman glanced at her in surprise, and she found herself blushing.

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