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What's the correct term for a waitress in the Middle Ages?
Middle east and North africa population during the high middle agesHow did families parent in the Middle Ages?Sieges: Average Attacker to Defender Ratio in Middle AgesWhat did people of the middles ages call their period?What did men wear at night in the Middle Ages in Europe?Name for a position in a noble household in the medieval period (c.13-14)Was it possible to organize a women's uprising or feminist movement in the Middle Ages?What's the point of fortified castles inside fortified cities?How did women give birth in middle ages?Did men and women feast together in the early Middle Ages?
How was a waitress called in the Middle Ages? Handmaid, waitress, maid, ...? And is there a different name for the ones who did this kind of job inside a castle, in contrast to the women doing this kind of job in, for example, a tavern?
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From the top of my head, I remember the word wench, which originally meant girl, then a servant, and later also a prostitute, which is likely why it went out of use for waitresses. Here’s a confirming article.
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From the top of my head, I remember the word wench, which originally meant girl, then a servant, and later also a prostitute, which is likely why it went out of use for waitresses. Here’s a confirming article.
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From the top of my head, I remember the word wench, which originally meant girl, then a servant, and later also a prostitute, which is likely why it went out of use for waitresses. Here’s a confirming article.
answered 7 hours ago
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From the top of my head, I remember the word wench, which originally meant girl, then a servant, and later also a prostitute, which is likely why it went out of use for waitresses. Here’s a confirming article.
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From the top of my head, I remember the word wench, which originally meant girl, then a servant, and later also a prostitute, which is likely why it went out of use for waitresses. Here’s a confirming article.
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