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(archaic) A female apple-seller.
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(chiefly Britain) Someone who has an anonymous support role in an organization, especially a technician or scientist; a boffin.
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The female equivalent of a batboy.
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Alternative spelling of bed wench. [(historical) A low-status concubine, often a slave or captive.]
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(dated) A female beggar.
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Alternative form of blackguard. [The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.]
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A young woman employed in business or office work.
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A male attendant providing services to the guests of a hotel or large estate, operating from a nearby cabana, notably on a beach.
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(dated) A boy or young man who is employed to serve as an attendant for passengers or crew members on a ship.
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Alternative form of candy striper [(US) A volunteer worker in a hospital or hospice.]
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A career woman, especially a young one; a young woman determined to make a career for herself in business.
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(colloquial, derogatory) A female flight attendant.
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A female inhabitant of a city, or one who prefers city life
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(figuratively) A woman who is clingy and dependent.
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(dated, rare) A female confectioner.
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(US, Indiana, slang) A sheriff.
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Alternative form of couturière [A woman who runs a business in custom-made fashion.]
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(US) An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
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An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
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A young man who is employed to run errands; errand boy.
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Pronunciation spelling of gentleman. [(chiefly historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armiferous man ranking below a knight.]
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(chiefly Britain) A valet or a man's personal manservant.
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(figuratively, sometimes derogatory) An isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest.
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A female gleeman or minstrel.
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(Cambridge University, Durham University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
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(slang, humorous) An exceptional host.
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(idiomatic) A woman competent in many endeavors, especially one who excels in none of them.
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Alternative form of jill of all trades [(idiomatic) A woman competent in many endeavors, especially one who excels in none of them.]
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(informal) A member of Job's Daughters International, a Masonic-affiliated religious youth organization for girls and young women aged from 10 to 20.
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(Scotland, law) A female liferenter.
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a female lift (elevator) operator.
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A junior assistant to a minder working in a cotton mill.
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(historical) A religious prison for prostitutes and unmarried mothers, usually as a source of forced labour.
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(historical, chiefly Ireland) A religious facility in which prostitutes and unmarried mothers were kept, usually against their will, as a source of forced labour to launder clothes.
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Alternative spelling of maître d' [(informal, chiefly US) A headwaiter.]
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(dated) A female peddler.
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(dated) A female pedlar.
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Alternative form of petsit [To babysit for (take care of) a pet.]
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(golf, dated) A female professional golfer.
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(archaic, rare) A woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes.
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A young woman employed as a salesclerk.
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A slave kept for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
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A boy employed in a shop.
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A girl who works in a shop; a young saleswoman.
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A female dealer in silk.
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(aviation, dated, now offensive) A female flight attendant.
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A female attendant or servant, especially one who is cheeky or mischievous, often featuring in theatrical comedies.
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A woman who demonstrates physical strength, sometimes in contests.
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The female equivalent of a switchman.
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(informal, regional, archaic) A man who cohabits (with someone) outside of marriage.
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(Philippines, informal) An illegal immigrant.
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