suivante
English
Noun
suivante (plural suivantes)
- (now historical) A lady's maid. [from 17th c.]
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 89, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, OCLC 316121541:
- Their conductor advancing to the table, presented his offering, and pointing to the suivante, told him, that lady desired to know what would be her destiny in point of marriage.
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɥi.vɑ̃t/
Noun
suivante f (plural suivantes)
- lady-in-waiting, lady's maid (woman who is a servant to a lady, especially a woman of the nobility or upper class)
Further reading
- “suivante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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