suivante

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noun

A lady's maid.

OriginFrench suivante →
UncommonFirst used 17th c.Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nounsuivante (plural suivantes)

plural suivantes

  1. historicalA lady's maid.First known use 17th c.

    Their conductor advancing to the table, presented his offering, and pointing to the suivante, told him, that lady desired to know what would be her destiny in point of marriage.

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchsuivante
  2. Englishsuivante

From French suivante.

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APA

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Chicago

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