womanservant
English
Alternative forms
- woman servant, woman-servant
Etymology
From Middle English womman servaunt; equivalent to woman + servant.
Noun
womanservant (plural womanservants or womenservants)
- A woman who is a servant; the female counterpart to a manservant.
- 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 377:
- This is what people say happen [...] That at the great table right before the throne, womanservants and manservants bring out all sort of meat.
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