under-matron

Updated: August 18, 2026

But really the vision of a bright maid-servant who is "deceitful, lazy, and inclined to be dishonest," and the havoc which she might work in a well-ordered household, is scarcely less appalling. A much more deserving case is this which I append: "Under-Housekeeper, under-Matron, desired by a Young Woman, age 22. Energetic, domesticated.

George William Erskine Russell - Collections and Recollections