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lady's maid

American  

noun

  1. a maid who is a woman's personal attendant, as in dressing.


lady's maid British  

noun

  1. a personal servant to a woman, esp in matters of dress and toilet

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of lady's maid

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

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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

Herbert George Wells was born in 1866 to an unsuccessful shopkeeper and a former lady’s maid.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021

Anna is Mary’s lady’s maid, Bates is Robert’s valet, and together they are a LOT.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2019

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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