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Meanings of household servant in English

Russian
служанка
Portuguese
empregado doméstico
Spanish
trabajador domestico
Catalan
intern
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Person who works within the scope of a residence.

Related terms
служанка
Usage of household servant in English
1
He was the poet-laureate and household servant of the king thus tumultuously assailed.
The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 / With a Life of the...
2
But though he was now in possession and a favored household servant, he could not obtain his money.
Whistler Stories
3
You should claim yourself to be an escaped household servant, or simply a wife who sickened of British rule.
Speaks the Nightbird
4
It is for this that they have remained virtuous in youth, living the dull life of a household servant.
Lay Morals, and Other Papers
5
Of your old household servant?
The Collection of Antiquities
6
Then the Butlerian leader sent one of Josef's carefully infiltrated spies back to Kolhar-aninnocuous old household servant named Ellonda.
Mentats of Dune
7
In came Mrs. Armstrong, with the little household servant at her heels, and laid something on the ledge of the old clock face.
Despair's Last Journey
8
Oh, goodness, I must look like a witch, I thought, hastily lowering my eyes and assuming the sly, apologetic look of a household servant.
The Oracle Glass
9
This she turned to account in the management of the household servants.
Vellenaux / A Novel
10
Yet her household servants had already formulated a plan for her escape.
Mary tudor: princess, bastard, queen
11
Thereafter, household servants were generally given the rudiments of an English education.
The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 / A History of the Educ...
12
Lalita and several household servants came into the courtyard to help if required.
More Than Honor
13
At the appointed hour the household servants were all assembled in the dining-room.
The Lost Lady of Lone
14
Did anyone except your own household servants come into the kitchen after that?
Venus In Copper
15
A royal estate overflowing with Viking warriors, cotters, and household servants.
The viking takes a knight
16
These touches of fancy and personal taste divided the villagers from the household servants.
Esther Waters