maidservant
Noun
Meaning
A female servant.
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The poor maidservant who used to say that she only believed in God when she had a toothache puts all theologians to shame.
An example of this is the German word Mädchen ("girl"); this is derived from Magd "maidservant" with the diminutive suffix -chen, and this suffix always makes the noun grammatically neuter.
Anne's maidservant Petra, an experienced and forthright girl, slightly older than the teen herself, offers her worldly but crass advice.
Many other conditions might also be inserted: such as that the wife should act as maidservant to her mother-in-law or to a first wife.
Mistaking her for his maidservant, Mary Ann, he orders Alice to go into the house and retrieve them, but once she gets inside she starts growing.
Maidservant Yue-ying is not one of those beauties.