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maidservant Definition

maid·servant (mād′sʉr′vənt)

noun

a girl or woman servant

maidservant Synonyms

maidservant

n.

waitress, domestic, housemaid; see maid 1, servant.

maidservant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • gain: You are not her master but her husband; you have gained not a maidservant but a wife.
  • see: Then she saw the African maidservant Hermina, the same Hermina with whom she had been locked into low level combat for many years.
  • have: Indeed Thomas Carlyle had numerous maidservants since he had a large house and only employed one at a time.

Adjective modifier

  • African: Then she saw the African maidservant Hermina, the same Hermina with whom she had been locked into low level combat for many years.
  • old: Black streets, a simple room, old maidservant, bread and water, payment tossed aside - he wants another gold.

Preposition: in

  • man: The maidservant in a rich man 's house performs all her duties, but her mind dwells on her home in the country.