Library / English Dictionary

HOUSE SERVANT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

Synonyms:

domestic; domestic help; house servant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("house servant" is a kind of...):

retainer; servant (a person working in the service of another (especially in the household))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "house servant"):

ayah ((in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children)

home help (a person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work))

housekeeper (a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household)

amah; housemaid; maid; maidservant (a female domestic)

skivvy; slavey (a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work)

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