Home › Words › S › servingwomanservingwomanservingwoman means A female servant.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, servingwoman ranks #29,146 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Middle English servynge womman, servyng woman; equivalent to serving + -woman.nounA female servant.e.g.“[…]; and Cascorro courting Eulalia, the servingwoman, who was the very image of domesticity as she sat sewing seed pearls on a pair of gray gloves.” — 1957, Robin Carson, Pawn of Time: An Extravaganza, Henry Holt and Company, page 138:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.servingmaid 86% match — A female servant. vs servingwoman →servitress 77% match — A female servant. vs servingwoman →bowerwoman 72% match — A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom. vs servingwoman →cookmaid 68% match — A female servant who assists the cook. vs servingwoman →skivvy 66% match — To perform menial work; to do chores, like a servant. vs servingwoman →servicewoman 66% match — A woman who serves in the armed forces. vs servingwoman →suivante 65% match — A lady's maid. vs servingwoman →underservant 65% match — A lower-ranking servant vs servingwoman →