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Often referred to as a “man servant”, he is a specifically male personal assistant in charge of things a master would not want general servant staff involved with. Typically, a man servant was the close, reliable person that the employer used to ensure things were done in a manner expected by that employer.
Aug 30, 2023 · Best Answer. The term handmaiden can mean several different things. Lady in waiting ---- male equivalent: butler. axillary wife ------- male equivalent: consort. attendant -------- male...
Because of societal double standards, there was not a specific term needed for a male virgin. Someone may have coined a term, but there's not one that I know of that has the same lingual cache as maiden.
In Japanese-occupied Korea, a con man operating under the sobriquet of "Count Fujiwara" plans to seduce a Japanese heiress named Lady Hideko, then marry her and commit her to an asylum to steal her inheritance. He hires a pickpocket named Sook-hee to become Hideko's maid and encourage Hideko to marry him.
Dec 13, 2023 · I've been wondering if men used to have a paid attendant comparable to a lady's companion. I've seen it being compared to a valet but valets were normally more subservient and of a lower social status than their master, often starting as footmen. It seems more like the male equivalent of a handsmaiden.
Jan 27, 2018 · A friend plays Debussy's "Maid with Flaxen Hair" in a different key, and wants to call it a different name. I suggested "Lad with Flaxen Hair", but I'm not sure whether "lad" is exactly the male equivalent of "maid", as "boy" is to "girl". I googled it, but few answers are relevant.
A damsel implies a young lady of noble birth or a maiden. The word comes from the French Damoiselle (not in use nowadays, it has a strong Middle-Ages flavour). The male equivalent of a damoiselle in French is damoiseau. And damoiseau has an entry in both the OED and wiktionary. Quoting the OED :
