housemaid
noun
a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, especially to do housework.
housemaids
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pluralof housemaid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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About 268,000 Filipinos currently work in Kuwait, including many housemaids.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
For these children, it’s hard to imagine a time when Wong, then the country’s most celebrated Asian American actress, was mostly relegated to playing villains or housemaids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2022
Saudi Arabia faces perennial labor shortages and may offer jobs to Thai factory, construction and shipyard workers, electricians and machine operators, petroleum and natural gas technicians, hotel and health personnel, cooks, and housemaids.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
There is now a concerted push, for example, to send more Sri Lankans overseas to work as housemaids, drivers and mechanics in the Middle East, with those emigrants expected to send their earnings home.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2022
The housemaids would open up the house, throw wide the windows, draw back the curtains.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
