Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

servingwoman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: serv-ing-wom-an
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female servant.

Example Sentences

"[…]; and Cascorro courting Eulalia, the servingwoman, who was the very image of domesticity as she sat sewing seed pearls on a pair of gray gloves."
"Sisly Milk-pail, servingwoman to Frankford."
"The servingwoman glanced at her in surprise, and she found herself blushing."
"The windows in the hall had to be kept closed because of the stench from the street, and each morning she had the servingwomen burn spices to perfume the air. […] A servingwoman stooped near the bed, carefully collecting fragments of china between her fingertips and transferring them to a tray."
"Sarah, aged 26 / servingwoman"
"“This is beyond the beyond! To think that he can actually dismiss my own servingwomen! […]” […] He was handing a goblet of wine to the young servingwoman who was with him."

Etymology

From Middle English servynge womman, servyng woman; equivalent to serving + -woman.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: servynge womman
Suffix: serving

Inflected Forms

servingwomen (plural) serving woman (alternative) serving-woman (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

manservant servingman

Synonyms

maidservant servingmaid womanservant

Questions

What does servingwoman mean?: A female servant.
Where does servingwoman come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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