Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as bower-maid. Scott.

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Examples

  • Elspeth did not think it proper to notice these discontented expressions of Tibbie, but they sunk into her mind; for she was apt to consider her as a sort of authority in matters of war and policy, with which her former experience as bower-woman at Avenel Castle made her better acquainted than were the peaceful inhabitants of Halidome.

    The Monastery 2008

  • For though I was but her bower-woman, I was of the same clan as my lady, and had served in her family all my life.

    Tales From Scottish Ballads Elizabeth Wilson Grierson 1908

  • ` Two small alcoves for sleeping be on the right, for yourself and your bower-woman; you have been looked for of long time, and she awaiteth you.

    Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • Long ago, when a young girl, Isel had been chamberer, or bower-woman, of a lady named Mildred de Hameldun; and she still received occasional visits from Mildred's daughter, whose name was

    One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • And foremost among these was Isoult Avery, who for two years had been bower-woman to the Viscountess, in those old days when she sat in the purple as Governess of Calais.

    Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • "And I am but now looking for a bower-woman," said Isoult.

    Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • Lady Foljambe, with a low reverence, assured his Grace that she had been entirely unaware, like Amphillis herself, that her bower-woman could claim even remote kindred with so exalted a house and so dignified a person; and that in future she should assume the position proper to her birth.

    The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • "When shall my mistress your friend be wed, Mrs Avery?" very gravely inquired Jennifer Trevor, Isoult's bower-woman.

    Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • These are the duties of a bower-woman, laid down in the Books of Courtesy at that time.

    The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • Eighth; during much of which period (with an interval for her Calais experience) Isoult Barry had been her bower-woman.

    Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864

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