servingwoman
servingwoman noun: a female servant.
Noun
servingwoman (plural servingwomen)
- 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.1957, Robin Carson, Pawn of Time: An Extravaganza, Henry Holt and Company, page 138
- Sisly Milk-pail, servingwoman to Frankford.1961, original by Heywood, Thomas (first published in 1607), edited by Van Fossen and Richard Waight, A Woman Killed with Kindness, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 2
- Synonyms:
- maidservant, servingmaid, womanservant
Examples of servingwoman in a sentence
- The servingwoman glanced at her in surprise, and she found herself blushing.1972, Mildred B. Davis, Three Minutes to Midnight, Random House, →ISBN, page 63:
- To think that he can actually dismiss my own servingwomen! […]” […] He was handing a goblet of wine to the young servingwoman who was with him.1987, Virginia Henley, The Raven and the Rose; republished United States: Random House, 2009, →ISBN, pages 217–218:
- Kristín Ómarsdóttir’s collection focuses on an obscure, nearly forgotten servingwoman working in an old country inn.1994, World Literature Today, volume 68, page 833:
- He had resolved to stay awake until the servingwoman delivered her final report for the night about his daughter’s condition. […] The servingwomen must have gone for hot water.1996, Patricia Phillips, The Rose of Ravenscrag, Dorchester Publishing, →ISBN, pages 36, 310:
Synonyms of servingwoman
Forms of servingwoman
| plural | servingwomen |
|---|---|
| alternative form | serving woman |
| alternative form | serving-woman |
Origin of servingwoman
From Middle English servynge womman, servyng woman; equivalent to serving + -woman.
Questions about servingwoman
- What does servingwoman mean?
- Servingwoman means a female servant.
- How do you use servingwoman in a sentence?
- The servingwoman glanced at her in surprise, and she found herself blushing.
- What part of speech is servingwoman?
- Servingwoman is a noun.
- What is the plural of servingwoman?
- The plural of servingwoman is servingwomen.
Words near servingwoman in the dictionary
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