servant-girl

  • 11Girl — (g[ e]rl), n. [OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. g[ o]r child.] [1913 Webster] 1. A young person of either sex; a child. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden. [1913 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12girl — [gʉrl] n. [ME girle, gurle, youngster of either sex < ? OE * gyrele, prob. akin to LowG göre, Ger dial. gör, girl < IE base * ĝher , small > OIr gair, short] 1. a female child 2. a young, unmarried woman 3. a female servant or other… …

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  • 13girl — ► NOUN 1) a female child. 2) a young or relatively young woman. 3) a person s girlfriend. 4) dated a female servant. DERIVATIVES girlhood noun girlish adjective girlishly adverb …

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  • 14servant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) One who serves another Nouns 1. servant, servitor, domestic, menial, help; retainer, follower, henchman, subject, liegeman; retinue, suite, cortege, staff, entourage, court; majordomo, chamberlain. See… …

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  • 15Servant of the Bones — Infobox Book | name = Servant of the Bones image caption = author = Anne Rice country = United States language = English series = genre = Historical, Horror novel publisher = Alfred A. Knopf release date = 1996 media type = Print (Hardback… …

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  • 16girl — noun (C) 1 CHILD a female child: Don t do that, you naughty girl! | little girl spoken: I used to go there on vacation when I was a little girl. 2 DAUGHTER a daughter: They have two girls and a boy. 3 WOMAN a word meaning a woman, which is… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17Girl with a Pearl Earring (film) — Infobox Film name= Girl with a Pearl Earring caption= Poster for Girl With a Pearl Earring director= Peter Webber producer= Andy Paterson Anand Tucker writer= Olivia Hetreed (screenplay) Tracy Chevalier (novel) starring= Colin Firth Scarlett… …

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  • 18girl — /gɜl / (say gerl) noun 1. a female child or young person. 2. one s female child; a daughter. 3. a young woman. 4. Colloquial a woman. 5. Colloquial a girlfriend (def. 1). 6. Colloquial (derogatory) a man or boy who is regarded as weak or… …

  • 19servant — Synonyms and related words: Charlie McCarthy, Ganymede, acolyte, adherent, adjutant, agent, aid, aide, aide de camp, aider, amah, ancilla, appendage, appliance, assistant, attendant, au pair girl, auxiliary, ayah, best man, blue collar worker,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20servant — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ devoted, faithful, loyal, trusted ▪ humble, obedient ▪ good ▪ He has been a good servant …

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