servingwoman

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servingwoman

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From Middle English servynge womman, servyng woman; equivalent to serving + -woman.

noun servingwomen · serving woman · serving-woman

  1. historical A female servant. […]; and Cascorro courting Eulalia, the servingwoman, who was the very image of domesticity as she sat sewing seed pearls on a pair of gray gloves.

    Similar: maidservant, servingmaid, womanservant

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@misc{servingwoman_2026,
  title = {servingwoman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/servingwoman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}