abigail

noun

Definition of abigailnext
as in handmaid

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  1. chambermaid
  2. lady-in-waiting
  3. housekeeper
  4. handmaiden
  5. nursemaid
Noun
  • Their home is gone, and her mother works as a chambermaid at the hotel, keeping her long black hair pinned under a cap.
    Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Slavin wanted to pursue wilder game while remaining smack in the realm of the ordinary: hot-dog vendors, bodybuilders, cheerleaders, synchronized swimmers, Elizabeth Arden masseuses, Santa’s Helpers, Biltmore Hotel chambermaids, fire-department chaplains.
    Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024
Definition of chambermaid
Noun
  • Captured in the image is the late Queen Elizabeth and her lady-in-waiting, Lady Pamela Hicks, loyally by her side as the royal navigated her new role on the world stage.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • One fateful day, the queen’s carriage halted before him, leading to the purchase of a one-of-a-kind cameo bracelet adorned with rubies, gold flowers and leaves by one of her ladies-in-waiting.
    Thomas Waller, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024
Definition of lady-in-waiting
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  • Others believed former school teacher John Mark Karr, who confessed to the 1996 strangulation in 2006, as a prime suspect; the family housekeeper Linda Hoffman-Pugh; or the town’s Santa Claus Bill McReynolds as the potential killer.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
  • For an additional fee, premium services are available, including a private chef, butler, two housekeepers, and a chauffeur.
    Everett Potter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of housekeeper
Noun
  • Already convinced the coaches were nothing but handmaidens to the app, the firm piled on new clients heedlessly.
    Allison Pugh, TIME, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Some of its most savage jokes lie in the dynamics between master and servant — and none of those are more toxic than the one between Pampinea and her loyal handmaiden Misia (Derry Girls‘ Saoirse-Monica Jackson).
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
Definition of handmaiden
Noun
  • Typically portrayed as a middle-aged nursemaid whose main claim to fame was surviving the mercurial Tudor king, Catherine was an accomplished scholar, religious reformer and advocate for women’s education.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
  • For a time, the girl’s only duty in the grand English house was to serve as a kind of human foot warmer, but when her mistress gave birth to a profoundly mentally disabled daughter, Zed became the baby’s devoted nursemaid.
    Ron Charles, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
Definition of nursemaid
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