housemaid

[ hous-meyd ]

/ ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd /

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noun

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

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Origin of housemaid

First recorded in 1685–95; house + maid

OTHER WORDS FROM housemaid

un·der·house·maid, noun

Words nearby housemaid

house league, houseleek, houseless, houselights, houseline, housemaid, housemaid's knee, houseman, house manager, house mark, house martin

How to use housemaid in a sentence

Grace Campbell, 18 years old, takes a job as a housemaid at Number 35, Park Lane.
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An Irish housemaid who was sent to call a gentleman to dinner, found him engaged in using a tooth-brush.
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The crickets chirped merrily upon the hearth of the housemaid's pantry, where the remains of a fire still smouldered.
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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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British Dictionary definitions for housemaid

housemaid

/ (ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd) /

noun

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

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