Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A general name for a waiting-woman or lady's-maid.
- n. Sometimes written as a common noun, without a capital.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A lady's waiting-maid.
Etymologies
- From the name Abigail, as given to a waiting-maid in Beaumont & Fletcher's play The Scornful Lady. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I love mixing up non - booze cocktails, so come ask aunt abigail if you are so inclined.”
“Oh, and after I'm done, I will give her praise because of how well she is doing because I know she is trying her hardest to do the right thing. abigail”
“I hesitated between love and duty for a full second, and then "The hell with Palmerston, let him wait!" cries I, and was plunging for the bed before the abigail was fairly out of the room.”
“My abigail will have to go down to Berkshire at once.”
“Maidie, meanwhile, ensconced in the Hope family coach with her abigail in attendance, was congratulating herself on the outcome of her mission.”
“Already he discerned an air of bustle about the house, for Lady Hester's abigail was hurrying up the stairs, accompanied by one of the maids, and the stout housekeeper, pausing only to bob a curtsy to her master as he came out of the parlour, set her foot on the bottom stair and began to puff her way up.”
“Rising again, she directed the abigail how to pack her mistress's clothing.”
“For want of something to distract her mind, she had been engaged, when Maidie returned with her abigail in tow, in collecting together those of Maidie's belongings that were scattered about the bedchamber they had shared at her insistence, for she could not reconcile it with her duty to allow her charge to sleep alone in the chamber of a public inn in the heart of the capital.”
“I have not been able to get his Harry Potter robes or glasses off of him abigail i want them!”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘abigail’.
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songbirds
Names of girls in song titles. Not in the lyrics, just in the titles.
Just the name on the list, then the full title with any identifying notes in the comments, please.
Can be the same ...marianne, evie, lady d'arbanville, peggy sue, suzanne, dianne, boni maroni, miss molly, lola, mony, sadie, rita and 206 more...
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Rare Words - A
Not just rare words, but thousands of RARE WORDS WITH DEFINITIONS.
If you want to see the definitions, too, go to
http://phrontistery.i...aba, abacinate, abactor, abaculus, abaft, abampere, abapical, abarticular, abasement, abasia, abask, abatis and 1214 more...
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A to abominator (Chambers)
aa gets over 40 hits
aardvark 49 hits
abbatoir 103 hits
abjure 138 hitsA, A-line, A-list, A-lister, A 1, A-road, A-side, from A to B, from A to Z, A-bomb, A-effect, A level and 254 more...
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phrontistery - a
from phrontistery.info
axilla, avalement, argil, argent, argand, arete, aretaics, areometer, areology, arenoid, arenaceous, arefy and 1214 more...
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 168 more...
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Maids
Maids of all stripes.
twait-shad, chambermaid, demoiselle, fille de chambre, housemaid, amah, lady's maid, femme-de-chambre, tire-woman, soubrette, comb-brush, abigail and 80 more...
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Papageno's Words, Pt. II
cicurate, circumforaneous, codger, comiconomenclaturist, constable, contradistinction, contraindicated, counterpane, coxcomb, decalcomania, decanal, decoction and 307 more...
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Antique Names: Female
These names were once in common use - at least somewhat. Some are coming back. Some are almost forgotten. I think they would
make lovely names. Well... most of them.araminta, abigail, agnes, biddie, celestia, celestine, celia, ceola, chloe, claire, clementine, cordie and 179 more...
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Patty4jc's Words
family names
amy, brooke, brittany, billy, brandon, william, harvey, patricia, ann, regina, lee, corey and 94 more...
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Jane Eyre
abigail, sanguine, chancel, bourne, peremptorily, parley, unwonted, fagging, convolvuli, tarry, insuperable, execrations and 190 more...
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Gil Blas
Interesting words and usages from Smollett's 1749 translation of Lesage's L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
reck, durance, rhodomontade, hangdog, trap, lustre, pin, boggle, dandle, birthday suit, colic, gripes and 238 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1381 more...
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A
Well, here comes all the words that begin with an A.
Wish me luckaardvark, aardwolf, aaron, aaronic, ab, aba, abaca, aback, abacterial, abacus, abaft, abalone and 65 more...
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
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Minerva's Words
yestereve, milady, milord, abigail, nadir, samogon, au fait, lagniappe, swain, an't, fadge, oblomovism and 2 more...
Tweets
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yarb The addition of two jolly fellows just come from a good supper, could not be unwelcome to abigails, and to the abigails of actresses too...
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 3 ch. 5 Sep 13, 2008
treeseed Abigail Beecher, 1964, Freddie Cannon Feb 8, 2008