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parlormaid

American  
[pahr-ler-meyd] / ˈpɑr lərˌmeɪd /

noun

  1. a maid who takes care of a parlor, answers the door, waits on guests, etc.


Etymology

Origin of parlormaid

First recorded in 1830–40; parlor + maid

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Marsh played Rose Buck, the head parlormaid in the Bellamy home.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2025

Below stairs their butler, Bridges, is finding fault with the parlormaid, Mrs. Bridges.

From Time Magazine Archive

This year, the China Inland Mission, which once told the London parlormaid that she was unfit to be a missionary, bought her a round-trip ticket to England.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a Japanese artist bedded with a humble parlormaid in the early part of Queen Victoria's reign, the auspicious result was Japan's greatest politico-financier, His Excellency Korekiyo Takahashi.

From Time Magazine Archive

Elizabeth, the parlormaid, kept coming in to hand vegetables whenever there seemed a chance of Ann Veronica asking for an interview.

From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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