Definition of Fille de chambre

1. Noun. A maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels).

Exact synonyms: Chambermaid
Generic synonyms: Amah, Housemaid, Maid, Maidservant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fille De Chambre

fill music
fill one's hand
fill or kill
fill or kills
fill out
fill soil
fill someone's shoes
fill the bill
fill up
fillable
fillagree
fillagreed
fillagreeing
fillagrees
fille
fille de chambre (current term)
filled
filled in
filled out
filled pause
filled pauses
filled the bill
filler
filler graft
fillers
filles
fillest
fillet
fillet layer
fillet of sole

Literary usage of Fille de chambre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A sentimental journey through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne (1802)
"... been the priest of the chaste CASTALIA, I could not have served at her fountain with a more respectful decorum. XXXVIII. THE FILLE-DE-CHAMBRE. , PARIS. ..."

2. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1832)
"... as to be in a line betwixt her mistress and me;— So that, when I stretched out my hand, I caught hold of the fille de chambre's. THE END. ..."

3. A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1821)
"of the fille-de-chambre at the Hotel Royale of Caen.* And as a counterpart to it, pray examine this pleasing little group, of the same character, ..."

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