maidservant

Example Sentences

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Then in 1778, when Sarah was 23 and Lady Eleanor 39, the two women secretly fled together accompanied by their maidservant Mary Carryl.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2022

The Ninth says, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's."

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2020

She was maidservant to another woman who died shortly after their arrival.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2018

Rosanna is a maidservant who falls in love with Wilkie Collins's hero, Franklin Blake.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2013

They were big boys, almost men, and I was alone except for my maidservant Emmot.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz