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domestic servant

NOUN
au pair
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Joseph came to South Africa three years ago and was working as a domestic servant before having her children.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

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

Ms. Witbooi became a domestic servant in Cape Town at the age of 17 and launched her campaign a few years later.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2023

During the twenty years that he ministered there, it is said the sole congregation consisted of his domestic servant, who assisted him at mass.

From The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles




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