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The meaning of MAIDSERVANT is a female servant. How to use maidservant in a sentence.
Definition of maidservant noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'maidservant' a female servant. [...] More. Synonyms of 'maidservant' • maid, servant, chambermaid, housemaid [...] More. Examples of 'maidservant' in a sentence. These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins. Read more.
The earliest known use of the noun maidservant is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for maidservant is from before 1382, in Bible (Wycliffite, early version). maidservant is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: maid n.1, servant n. See etymology.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English maid‧ser‧vant /ˈmeɪdˌsɜːvənt $ -ɜːr-/ noun [countable] old-fashioned a female servant Examples from the Corpus maidservant • The illegitimate son of a maidservant, Frank Roberts was born at Edinburgh in 1915. • It was an everyday occurrence for the gentry to bed maidservants.
a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door type of: domestic , domestic help , house servant
Noun. 1. maidservant - a female domestic. housemaid, maid, amah. chambermaid, fille de chambre - a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) domestic, domestic help, house servant - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household.
