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Recent Examples of maidservant This helps explain why the maidservant was subjected to multiple inspections, with a succession of witnesses rooting around beneath Hall’s skirts and petticoats for firm proof. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024 In 1627, a professional lace-maker named Thomasine Hall boarded a ship in England and arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, to become a maidservant in the household of a man named John Tyos. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024 If the apparent maidservant was actually a man committing fornication that might lead to another servant’s falling pregnant, then Hall was a materially destabilizing influence in the community. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023 Alfonso enlists the sisters’ maidservant, Despina, to aid in the plot. Jeremy Yudkin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023 On the other hand, in the 17th century a maidservant was able to thwart the unwelcome advances of the diarist Samuel Pepys by grabbing a pin from her pocket and threatening to stab him with it, according to his own account. Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022 Priya, a maidservant working first for and then alongside Malini, comes into her own as a free woman and worker of ancient power. Liz Braswell, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022 His mother, Jeanne Rabin, a French maidservant, died about six months after his birth. Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maidservant
Noun
  • Woman alleges Smokey Robinson assault at singer's Las Vegas home Another woman who allegedly worked as a housekeeper for Robinson claimed the singer raped her during a work trip in the late 2000s.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 7 May 2025
  • Smokey, 85, is accused of harassing and assaulting four former housekeepers who worked at his Chatsworth home between 2006 and 2024, according to the suit.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Though her identity is not at first known to Benedict, the woman turns out to be Sophie Baek, a secretive maid with big dreams.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 14 May 2025
  • Now a recluse with only the company of a maid and a tutor, Kyle becomes infatuated with a former classmate, Lindy Taylor (Vanessa Hudgens).
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 1 May 2025

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“Maidservant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maidservant. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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