Talk:Nightstand
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History/origin of the term?
[edit]I've heard recently that the term of 'nightstand' comes from a servant who would stand by the bedside holding a candle at night, which by extension came to be used for the small table or locker that it is today? Has anyone else heard of this, or would know where to look?
The corresponding term in Portuguese is "criado-mudo", which quite explicitly comes from a term describing a muted domestic servant who would stand by the bed at night, and which has seen attempts at changing due to racist connotations recently, so I'm wondering if the English word is in any way related as the name suggests?109.79.116.207 (talk) 09:33, 2 December 2020 (UTC)