servants' quarters

noun

A mother-in-law apartment or garden apartment used for in-house employees.

Meanings

nounservants' quarters pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA mother-in-law apartment or garden apartment used for in-house employees.
  2. historicalpluralplural onlyThe rooms in a great house where the servants lived.

Translations

Bulgarian стаи за прислугата
  • стаи за прислугата (stai za prislugata)room or building used for in-house employees
Swedish domestikrum
  • domestikrumroom or building used for in-house employees
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Chicago

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