housemaid

[ hous-meyd ]

noun

1. a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, especially to do housework.

housemaid

/ ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd /

noun

1. a girl or woman employed to do housework, esp one who is resident in the household

Other Words From

• under·housemaid noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of housemaid¹

First recorded in 1685–95; house + maid

Example Sentences

Grace Campbell, 18 years old, takes a job as a housemaid at Number 35, Park Lane.

From The Daily Beast

An Irish housemaid who was sent to call a gentleman to dinner, found him engaged in using a tooth-brush.

From Project Gutenberg

The crickets chirped merrily upon the hearth of the housemaid's pantry, where the remains of a fire still smouldered.

From Project Gutenberg

He allowed himself to be cut free from the salmon line and dragged behind a kind of housemaid's closet at the foot of the stairs.

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He lay on the couch with his face buried in the pillows, and thinking it was the housemaid he said, "Come in," without looking up.

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Early the next morning, when the housemaid had opened my front door, there was Pritchard sitting outside.

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Related Words

• caretaker
• chambermaid
• housewife
• maid
• servant