slavey
- noun
- /ˈsleɪvi/
- Offensive
:
sirvienta (arcaico, ofensivo, Reino Unido)
- There must have been more than a dozen there in the entry hall, but most of them were women: upstairs maids, downstairs maids, cooks, kitchen slaveys, etc.
Examples
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The slavey worked tirelessly to clean the large house, often receiving little recognition for her efforts.
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In the grand estate, the kitchen slavey prepared meals while the family dined in luxury.
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- Slavey?
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My fears were quickly dispelled: she welcomed us warmly and spoke very good English (as well as her own Slavey language and a smattering of French and Latin she remembered from the local Catholic residential school!) and was pleased to see us.
Academic text (1997) -
During the party, the slavey quietly served the guests, ensuring that everyone had what they needed.
Synonyms
422
1.0
A person who works in someone's home doing jobs like cooking and cleaning
264
1.0
A woman paid to clean and cook in another person's home
14
5.8
A person who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
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9.9
A person, often a woman, who does small unpleasant household jobs for others
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3.5
A young woman who works in a house to help with chores
3
8.6
A woman who works as a servant to help another woman get dressed and look tidy
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7.1
A woman who works in a home doing cleaning and cooking
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5.1
A girl or young woman who works in a home doing chores
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slavey comes from slave 'a person forced to work' plus the ending -y, which made it sound like a familiar name for a woman in a low job. So a slavey was a female domestic servant who did hard, menial work for little pay.