womanservant
nounEtymology From Middle English womman servaunt; equivalent to woman + servant.
1
A woman who is a servant; the female counterpart to a manservant.
- This is what people say happen [...] That at the great table right before the throne, womanservants and manservants bring out all sort of meat.2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 377:
- Synonyms
- maidservant, servingmaid, servingwoman
- Coordinate terms
- manservant, servingman