maid
noun
a female domestic employee who cleans tourist accommodations or does cleaning or other housework in a home.
maids
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pluralof maid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Aaron Seyedian owns a cleaning business that starts its maids at $27 an hour in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
In her 35 year-long career, Ontiveros played the role of maids and housekeepers over 150 times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
Having been friend-zoned, Penelope doesn’t try to include herself in the pool of excited maids throwing themselves at him, enlisting him to play Pygmalion and provide her charm lessons instead.
From Salon ● May 17, 2024
That proved a winning proposition for generations of working people, yielding middle class paychecks for bartenders, restaurant servers, casino dealers and maids.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
None of her maids were any more use than Mrs. Flint’s daughters back home.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
