ancille

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  1. Middle English ancille, ancelle, ancile, from Old French ancelle, ancele, from Latin ancilla, a maid-servant, diminutive of ancula, a maid-servant, feminine of anculus, a man-servant, from Old Latin *ancus, a servant, as in the L. proper name Ancus Martius; cf. ancus, applied to one with a stiff, crooked arm: see angle.
 

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