abigail

== English == === Etymology === From the name Abigail, as given to a waiting-maid in Beaumont and Fletcher's play The Scornful Lady. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈa.bɪ.ɡeɪl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈa.bɪ.ɡeɪl/ === Noun === abigail (plural abigails) (obsolete) A lady's maid. [mid 17th–19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “abigail”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “abigail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “abigail”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, pages 4–5. John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890), “abigail”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 5–6.