maid
a female domestic employee who cleans tourist accommodations or does cleaning or other housework in a home: a hotel maid.
a female domestic servant with any of various duties, especially in a large house (often used in combination): a kitchen maid who assisted the cook; a handmaid; a lady’s maid; a nursery maid.
Archaic. a girl or young unmarried woman.
Archaic. a female virgin.
Origin of maid
1Other words from maid
- maidish, adjective
- maid·ish·ness, noun
- submaid, noun
- un·der·maid, noun
Words that may be confused with maid
- made, maid
Words Nearby maid
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How to use maid in a sentence
Florida officials investigated Limbaugh over allegations that he paid a former maid to buy prescription drugs for him over a prolonged period of time.
A third of the city’s workers are informal — street vendors, delivery men, maids.
The Amazonian city that hatched the Brazil variant has been crushed by it | Terrence McCoy, Heloísa Traiano | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostYou can also summon Bonehilda, a fan-favorite skeletal maid from previous “Sims” games, to keep the house in order.
I recreated ‘Phasmophobia’ in ‘The Sims 4’ with the game’s new paranormal pack | Elise Favis | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostAfter she returns home from her errands, Clarissa chats with her husband Richard, mends a tear in her party dress, is surprised when Peter, an old flame, comes to visit and, with her maid Lucy, makes sure that everything’s ready for the gathering.
‘Mrs. Dalloway’ offers hope for our modern, COVID world | Kathi Wolfe | January 20, 2021 | Washington BladeThey are maids, nannies, cooks, plumbers, laborers and clerks.
What the Census Taught Me About the NIMBY vs. YIMBY Debate | Paul Krueger | December 14, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
Her father and stepmother both beat her, and she was forced to become a maid in her own house.
How One Young Woman Escaped Childhood Abuse and a Forced Marriage | Moral Courage | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo wonder that of all the Bradys, it is the quintessential old maid who we miss the most.
She works as a maid, scrubbing floors and toilets of the well-to-do families in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling | Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs far as one of your nice-guy roles goes, my little sister loved maid in Manhattan.
Ralph Fiennes Discusses ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel,’ J. Lo, and That ‘Seinfeld’ Episode | Marlow Stern | March 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI did as she bade me, and left her there when the maid came in.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFinding him awake, he sat by his side and, with the earnestness of a nursery-maid, patted him off to slumber.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeWhy, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might wash the sour krout off his hands.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousA trim maid then brought in the tea equipage, and Georgie did the honours with her usual unaffected grace.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsWhen I am an old maid I am going to mount the platform and preach the training of the voice in childhood.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAnd Mrs. Haggard, after attempting to soothe the wounded feelings of her maid, directed her to accompany them.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Wills
British Dictionary definitions for maid
/ (meɪd) /
archaic, or literary a young unmarried girl; maiden
a female servant
(in combination): a housemaid
a spinster
Origin of maid
1Derived forms of maid
- maidish, adjective
- maidishness, noun
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