maidservant

[ meyd-sur-vuhnt ]

noun

1. a female servant.

maidservant

/ ˈmeɪdˌsɜːvənt /

noun

1. a female servant

Word History and Origins

Origin of maidservant¹

First recorded in 1520–30; maid + servant

Example Sentences

Why would the trusted seamstress and maidservant of Martha Washington, who had been at her side for more than ten years, run away in the first place?

From Literature

Ceruti was tagged “Pitocchetto” — the little beggar — given his fondness for pictures of maidservants, peasant families and vagrants in tattered rags.

From Los Angeles Times

He enjoyed a privileged childhood: in a 2014 column for the Nikkei Shimbun newspaper, he recounted how his elementary school classmates had teased him when he revealed that he breakfasted with his family’s “maidservant.”

From New York Times

Like a scene from “Game of Thrones,” the Rubens shows a grinning maidservant pulling the tongue out from St. John the Baptist’s freshly severed head as she presents it on a platter to Salome.

From New York Times

The guard rolled back the heavy gate and motioned for Nok to follow a maidservant standing behind him.

From Literature

Related Words

• au pair
• chambermaid
• girl
• housemaid