maidservant

See also: maid-servant

English

maidservant (plural maidservants)

A female servant; a maid.
1611 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. Deuteronomy 5:12-13 KJV

female servant, maid

Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܡܫܡܫܢܝܬܐ‎ f
Armenian: աղջիկ (hy) (ałǰik), աղախին (hy) (ałaxin)
Old Armenian: աղախին (ałaxin), նաժիշտ (nažišt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女僕 (zh), 女仆 (zh) (nǚpú), 女傭 (zh), 女佣 (zh) (nǚyōng), 侍女 (zh) (shìnǚ)
Finnish: palvelijatar, piika (fi)
French: servante (fr) f
German: Zugehfrau (de) f (dated), Mensch (de) n (archaic), Mamsell (de) f (dated), Dienstmädchen (de) n, Hausmädchen (de) n, Thusnelda (de) f (dated), Minna (de) f (archaic), Perle (de) f (dated, slang), Filine f (archaic, student slang), Besen (de) m (archaic, humorous), Magd (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: θεράπαινα f (therápaina)
Hungarian: szolgálólány (hu), cselédlány (hu)

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