slavey
Lowly kitchen worker
A slavey is a household servant, especially a maid who does menial work.
The term is British, informal, and somewhat old-fashioned, carrying connotations of overwork and low status: She started as a slavey in a grand house at fourteen.
The word derives from slave, emphasizing the drudgery of the position.
Household cleaning worker
- housemaidLive-in cleaning employee
- drudgeOne doing hard, dull labor
- sculleryRoom for dishwashing
- charwomanHired female cleaner
menial · domestic · servant · housekeeper · chambermaid · skivvy · parlormaid · scrubber
maid
Household cleaning worker
charwoman · menial · domestic · servant · housekeeper · chambermaid · skivvy · parlormaid · scrubber · washerwoman
slaveymaster
Authority or controller
mistress · head of household · employer · taskmaster · lord
slaveybutler
Chief domestic servant
governess · housekeeper · lady's maid · valet · majordomo
- modern slaveryCurrent forced labor exploitation
- sex slavesPeople held for exploitation
- slave tradeCommerce in human beings
- slave to fashionOne controlled by trends
- slave driverHarshly demanding boss
- slave awayWork extremely hard
slave, slavery, slaves, enslave, slavish, enslaved, enslavement, slavishly, enslaving