housemaiden
English
Etymology
From house + maiden.
Noun
housemaiden (plural housemaidens)
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{{rfdef}}.- 1844, [Katherine] Thomson, The White Mask, volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], page 41:
- The Queen was in good spirits, discoursing with her usual volubility to all, and indifferently on every subject; for she was as able to discuss a knotty point with a divine as to teach her housemaidens a new stitch in needle work.
- 1846 August, “Hampton Court, Past and Present”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume XXXIV, number CC, London: G. W. Nickisson, […], page 180, column 2:
- The few rooms that were shewn were thronged by a hot crew, who had each to pay some toll to a virago of a housemaiden at each several door.
- 1983, Satendra Nandan, editor, Language and Literature in Multicultural Contexts, page 272:
- The archetypal image of the wife is that of the submissive, obedient housemaiden, whose sole obligation lies in looking after the welfare of her husband and her marriage.