English edit

 
a dwarfmaid

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From dwarf +‎ maid.

Noun edit

dwarfmaid (plural dwarfmaids)

  1. (fantasy) A female of the dwarf race.
    Synonyms: dwarfess, dwarfette, dwarrowdam
    • 1988, Elizabeth Moon, Divided Allegiance, unnumbered page:
      "What? She be the Goldenaxe? No—that would rive the rock indeed. No dwarfmaid wields coldmetal–"
    • 2002, Douglas Niles, World Fall, page 43:
      Throngs of people moved across the stone ground, though the dwarfmaid could still see the paving stones in many places.
    • 2018, Joseph R. Lallo, The Adventures of Rustle and Eddy, unnumbered page:
      Many people do not know about mermen, and I did not know about dwarfmaids.