servitress
(ˈsɜːvɪtrɪs)
[See servitor and -tress.]
A female servant or attendant.
| 1860 J. P. Kennedy Rob of the Bowl xii. 125 [She] now attended him as his servitress and only domestic. 1873 M. Collins Miranda II. 100 Tom Jones had fitted up a buffet..and put some servitresses behind it. 1877 Kinglake Crimea VI. xi. 439 An obedient servitress attending hospital sick-beds. |