domestic servant
Example Sentences
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He found himself working as a domestic servant being paid half of what he was told and sleeping on a floor.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
So the women who might have gone out to be a domestic servant, not so many of them did.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023
Lives Lived: As a domestic servant in South Africa, Myrtle Witbooi experienced the inequities of servitude firsthand.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
Hattie McDaniel became the first black actress to be nominated for, and win, an Academy Award for her role as domestic servant Mammy.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2020
In Harvey Street, Hoxton, the church maintains a Sunday-school with an average attendance of 160, a day-school not so numerous, a Sick Relief Society, and in Albert Square another Sunday-school and a domestic servant class.
From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
