Meanings
plural womanservants · plural womenservants · alternative woman servant · alternative woman-servant
- A woman who is a servant; the female counterpart to a manservant.
This is what people say happen [...] That at the great table right before the throne, womanservants and manservants bring out all sort of meat.
2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 377Synonyms: maidservant, servingmaid, servingwoman
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA woman who is a servant; the female counterpart to a manservant.
Origin
- Middle Englishwomman servaunt
- Englishwomanservant
From Middle English womman servaunt; equivalent to woman + servant.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
womanservant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanservant
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