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Definition: ANCILLE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A maidservant; a handmaid.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ancille" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ancille \An*cille"\, noun. [Old French expression ancelle, from Latin expression ancilla.]. (references)

Definition: ANCILLE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A maidservant; a handmaid.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ANCILLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ancille \An*cille"\, noun. [Old French expression ancelle, from Latin expression ancilla.]. (references)