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French
Pronunciation
Noun
femme de charge f (plural femmes de charge)
- (dated) housekeeper
1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:Ils avaient pour tout domestique une servante du même âge que mademoiselle Baptistine, et appelée madame Magloire, laquelle, après avoir été la servante de M. le Curé, prenait maintenant le double titre de femme de chambre de mademoiselle et femme de charge de monseigneur.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)