lady's maids
Dressing room assistants
Lady's maids are personal attendants to wealthy or aristocratic women, responsible for helping with dress, hair, and appearance.
The position ranked above housemaids in the servant hierarchy but below the housekeeper.
The role largely disappeared with the decline of domestic service in the twentieth century, though it persists in royal households: The duchess's lady's maid laid out her evening gown.
Domestic unit of residents
- domestic servicePaid household labor
- servantOne employed to serve
- upstairs-downstairsClass division in households
- butlerChief domestic servant
housekeeper · footman · chambermaid · valet · parlormaid · steward · below stairs · staff
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- RegencyProxy rule period
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- estateProperty and grounds
country house · Downton Abbey · period drama · nobility · gentry · debutante · dowager · coming out
Sauce for salads
- hairdressingStyling and cutting locks
- mendingRestoring damaged items
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
- wardrobeGarment storage furniture
toilette · lacing · brushing · ironing · pressing · packing · unpacking · laying out clothes
Identical throughout
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- capCovering for top
- black dressDark formal women's garment
- white collarOffice worker category
Concealed information
- trustConfidence in another
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
listener · advisor · companion · privy · heart-to-heart · gossip · confessions · sounding board
household
Domestic unit of residents
- domestic servicePaid household labor
- servantOne employed to serve
- upstairs-downstairsClass division in households
butler · housekeeper · footman · chambermaid · valet · parlormaid · steward · below stairs · staff · quarters
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- RegencyProxy rule period
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
estate · country house · Downton Abbey · period drama · nobility · gentry · debutante · dowager · coming out · season
dressing
Sauce for salads
- hairdressingStyling and cutting locks
- mendingRestoring damaged items
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
wardrobe · toilette · lacing · brushing · ironing · pressing · packing · unpacking · laying out clothes · cosmetics
uniform
Identical throughout
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- capCovering for top
- black dressDark formal women's garment
white collar · cuffs · starched · neat · tidy · modest · practical
secrets
Concealed information
- trustConfidence in another
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
loyalty · listener · advisor · companion · privy · heart-to-heart · gossip · confessions · sounding board · ally
- servantsbutler, servant, servants, domestics, valet
- aristocracylord, titles, heraldry, noble titles, coats of arms
lady's maidsbutler
Chief domestic servant
head butler · footman · housekeeper · scullery maid · kitchen maid
lady's maidsmistress
Illicit female lover
lady of the house · noblewoman · aristocrat · gentlewoman · duchess
lady, maid, ladies, maids, lady's, ladylike, ladyship, ladyships, maiden