Gamboler Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
The employer of a maid
What do you call the person who employs a maid to do the housework?
Context: 19th Century. The owner of the house is a rich woman. I also would like to know the word you'd use if the owner were a man.
Dialogue:
- What are you doing here?
- I am the housemaid.
- Who killed your [lady,dame, master, employer, patron]?
- Not me. Here you are, the culprit.
Context: 19th Century. The owner of the house is a rich woman. I also would like to know the word you'd use if the owner were a man.
Dialogue:
- What are you doing here?
- I am the housemaid.
- Who killed your [lady,dame, master, employer, patron]?
- Not me. Here you are, the culprit.
Top answer
Who killed your employer?
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