maidservant
- n a female domestic
- In the late 18th Century, a lady had to call in both a manservant and a maidservant for the lacing job, and if she was stout the two helpers had to use a wooden crank.
- A Nepalese maidservant records the traumatic abuse that she and many others have suffered in the Middle East.
- Its plot: a very pleasant, honest tramp so ingratiates himself with an old maid and her maidservant that they make him a permanent guest, even stealing liquor from a neighboring .