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Adjective: Belonging to the household or home; inhabiting the house. Thurston v Carter, 112 Me 361, 92 A 295. Local as distinguished from foreign. Noun: One employed as a servant in the home. See domestic servant.
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Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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