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kitchenmaid

American  
[kich-uhn-meyd] / ˈkɪtʃ ənˌmeɪd /

noun

  1. a female servant who assists the cook.


Etymology

Origin of kitchenmaid

First recorded in 1540–50; kitchen + maid

Example Sentences

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Mairead lived with her puttering old father and a slatternly kitchenmaid on a broken-down Irish farm.

From Time Magazine Archive

The unicorn went up to Meg the kitchenmaid, and bowed his head in front of her.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

She and her daughter, the kitchenmaid, feed together in the kitchen.

From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford

That was exactly what the kitchenmaid meant to do.

From Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 by Birmingham, George A.

The kitchenmaid ought to have made her application through Mrs. O'Halloran.

From Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 by Birmingham, George A.