Attendress

/əˈtɛndrəs/ noun

A female attendant; a woman who serves or attends to someone or something.

From 'attendre' (Old French form of 'attend') plus the feminine suffix -ress. Once standard, this feminine form is now rarely used due to gender-neutral language preferences.

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