lady's maid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lady's maid
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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When a lady’s maid and a houseguest’s valet fall in love, they contrive to unite their incompatible employers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The composers of two songs in the vernacular span the social spectrum: One, playfully elegant, is by Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, and the other is by Martha Baerts, a lady’s maid.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
His father, Ernest, worked as a milkman while his mother, Ethel, had been a lady's maid before her marriage.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2022
"It's cyclical," explains star Raquel Cassidy, who plays a lady's maid in the franchise.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2022
Ona Judge, the teenage lady’s maid of America’s most famous woman, was getting her first taste of freedom.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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