maid
noun
a female domestic employee who cleans tourist accommodations or does cleaning or other housework in a home.
maids
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pluralof maid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Dunk and Egg’s camaraderie fits the same tradition, proposing scullery maids can become queens.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
Many of the exiled Venezuelans survive as street vendors, delivery drivers and maids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Like Black actors who played maids but employed Black “help” in real life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
That proved a winning proposition for generations of working people, yielding middle class paychecks for bartenders, restaurant servers, casino dealers and maids.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
He found himself foaming and frothing at the mouth as he skittered around frantically trying to find water while one of the maids ran down the hall shrieking, “Mad mouse! Mad mouse!”
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
