abigail

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Noun
  • Prior to her escape, Judge served as a chambermaid in the President’s House.
    Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 20 May 2026
  • In 1911, a gas explosion in that room caused major damage to the hotel and severely injured a chambermaid, according to the Estes Park Trail Gazette.
    Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her grandmother Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and her brother-in-law Lord Robert Fellowes worked in the royal household, eventually rising to the role of Queen Elizabeth's private secretary.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • Lady Pamela Hicks, a lady-in-waiting and bridesmaid of Queen Elizabeth, has died.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • Her housekeeper, who is Ethiopian, sustained less-severe injuries in the attack, Khalil's relatives said.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 21 June 2026
  • The 1980s domestic comedy helped put fairly progressive content — for its time — into prime time, as it was centered around a single dad and former pro baseball player (Danza) who takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for a powerful ad executive (Light).
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The handmaids’ crimson robes evolved into protest iconography around the world because the story captured fears about authoritarianism and gender more viscerally than overt political messaging ever could.
    Marc Adelman, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
  • Brush in hand, she is dwarfed by huge canvases within the paintings on which bare-breasted figures are in the process of emerging—a waiflike handmaiden hard at work at the feet of her American Helens of Troy.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • Anna has come East to meet her estranged father, the Swedish bargeman Chris (Brian d’Arcy James), who believes Anna’s been earning money as a nursemaid.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.
    Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Abigail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abigail. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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