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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Dunk and Egg’s camaraderie fits the same tradition, proposing scullery maids can become queens.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
Even if they don’t have robot maids, surely they automate as many tasks as possible, right?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
The crown jewel of LuxJB’s collection is a 39,000-square-foot behemoth complete with nine bedrooms, four kitchens, a gym, spa, movie theater, pickleball court, basketball court and a team of three maids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
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
Uniformed maids entered rooms carrying tea services on silver trays.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
