housemaiden means synonym of lady-in-waiting. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Etymology
From house + maiden.
noun
- Synonym of lady-in-waiting.“The few rooms that were shewn were thronged by a hot crew, who had each to pay some toll to a virago of a housemaiden at each several door.”
- Synonym of housemaid.“Tell me, I pray, What has your housemaiden tidied away, She of the duster and broom?”