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n. a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment

n. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

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n. a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed; "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?"

Butler, Samuel Butler

n. English poet (1612-1680)

maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah

n. a female domestic

valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, man

n. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"

attendant, attender, tender

n. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

aide, auxiliary

n. someone who acts as assistant

chaperon, chaperone

n. one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

attendant, attender, attendee, meeter

n. a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"

chauffeur

n. a man paid to drive a privately owned car

cook

n. someone who cooks food

steward

n. the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements

steward, flight attendant

n. an attendant on an airplane

nanny, nursemaid, nurse

n. a woman who is the custodian of children

junior

n. the younger of two persons; "she is two years my junior"

slave

n. someone entirely dominated by some influence or person; "a slave to fashion"; "a slave to cocaine"; "his mother was his abject slave"

slave

n. someone who works as hard as a slave

national, subject

n. a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"

Liege, Luik

n. city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium

charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman

n. a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"

woman

n. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman"

woman, adult female

n. an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

man, adult male

n. an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"

workman, workingman, working man, working person

n. an employee who performs manual or industrial labor

hired hand, hand, hired man

n. a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"

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