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# maidservant

«maidservant» in Mova's school dictionary: **a young woman who works as a servant in a house, cleaning…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural maidservants)

### meaning for a pupil

A maidservant is a young woman who works as a servant in a house, cleaning and cooking. Old use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maidservant/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a girl sent out to work for a master or mistress

### examples

- You must go out into the world and take service as a maidservant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maidservant/#x1)
- The maidservant swept the floors every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maidservant/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «maidservant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maidservant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.