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domestic servant

NOUN
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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

It was a very New York story, but when they took it to Mumbai, they made her character a domestic servant in a wealthy family, highlighting the class divide there.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

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

For some painters a novel is too much, while their selection among the contents of the newspaper might be improved upon by a domestic servant.

From The Intelligence of Woman by George, Walter Lionel




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