womanservant

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womanservant

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From Middle English womman servaunt; equivalent to woman + servant.

noun womanservants · womenservants · woman servant · woman-servant

A woman who is a servant; the female counterpart to a manservant. This is what people say happen [...] That at the great table right before the throne, womanservants and manservants bring out all sort of meat.
Similar: maidservant, servingmaid, servingwoman

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@misc{womanservant_2026,
  title = {womanservant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/womanservant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}