maid-servant

See also: maidservant

English

Noun

maid-servant (plural maid-servants)

1. Alternative form of maidservant
   • 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 143:

     The moment they stopt, a trollopy-looking maid-servant, seemingly in waiting for them at the door, stept forward, and more intent on telling the news, than giving them any help, immediately began with, “the Thrush is gone out of harbour, please Sir, and one of the officers has been here to”⸺

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