Maidservant vs Servantess - What's the difference?

maidservant | servantess |


As nouns the difference between maidservant and servantess

is that maidservant is a female servant, a maid while servantess is (obsolete) a maidservant.

maidservant

English

Noun

  • A female servant, a maid
  • :1611' ''Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy '''maidservant''', nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy '''maidservant may rest as well as thou. Deuteronomy 5:12-13 KJV

    • Related terms

    * manservant

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    servantess

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A maidservant.
    • (Wyclif)
    (Webster 1913)