abigail

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Noun
  • Being a chambermaid also included grueling daily tasks such as maintaining fires, emptying chamber pots and scrubbing floors.
    Timothy Welbeck, Fortune, 12 Feb. 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
  • Hussey was a lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth and is a godmother to Prince William.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Shân, as she was known, died in December at age 82 and had previously served as a lady-in-waiting to the Princess Royal.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • On the former, hotel owners can use the tool to upsell early check-ins or extended departures, while mobile-enabled digital tipping has led to an average tip of close to $10 for housekeepers.
    John Kell, Fortune, 6 May 2026
  • Hotel housekeepers and cruise-cabin attendants are experts at creating spaces that feel polished and instantly put together, often by focusing on just one high-impact detail.
    Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • Curators pop up in famous artists’ biographies all the time, usually as handmaidens to the creator’s genius, opening a door to a gallery here or supporting a grant application there.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The common foe of all is expansionist Iran and its handmaidens Hamas and Hezbollah.
    Josef Joffe, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The child is five, the youngest of a large, well-to-do family and the only daughter: doted upon by her mother and her nursemaid, exquisitely dressed in tiny silk dresses patterned after those worn by Queen Victoria’s children.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • 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
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“Abigail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abigail. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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