Meaning of lady's maid | Babel Free

Definitions

A female servant employed by an upper-class woman to attend to her personal needs.

Examples

“A pretty Girl, the Lady’s Maid, Who all her Dress in Order Laid, Behind her Mistress simp’ring stood, And rais’d the youthful ’Squires Blood.”

“He stopped, ran his eye over my dress, which, as usual, was quite simple: a black merino cloak, a black beaver bonnet; neither of them half fine enough for a lady’s-maid.”

“[…] the servant, a neat, plain woman, with a French face and a lady’s maid’s manner, ushered him into a diminutive drawing-room and requested the favour of his name.”

“The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind. They have other duties.”

“A first class lady’s maid is required to be a hairdresser, a good packer and an expert needlewoman. Her first duty is to keep her lady's clothes in order and to help her dress, and undress.”

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