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Servant vs Charwoman - What's the difference?

servant | charwoman |

As nouns the difference between servant and charwoman

is that servant is one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation as opposed to a slave while charwoman is (chiefly|british) a woman employed to do housework.

As a verb servant

is (obsolete) to subject.

servant

English

Alternative forms

* servaunt (obsolete) * (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
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  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
  • One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
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  • Derived terms

    * assigned servant * civil servant * manservant * maidservant * public servant * servantly

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To subject.
  • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

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    charwoman

    English

    Noun

    (charwomen)
  • (chiefly, British) A woman employed to do housework.
  • *, chapter=17
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman , sempstress, anything.}} Note: In the nineteenth century, the charlady worked for weekly wages and usually came and went on a daily basis.

    Synonyms

    * charlady * Cinderella (disparaging) * cleaning woman