femme de charge

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Noun

femme de charge f (plural femmes de charge)

  1. (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.
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