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[ meyd ] SHOW IPA
/ meɪd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun 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 First recorded in 1225–1275; Middle English maide, maid, shortened variant of maiden
OTHER 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 Mahy, mahzor, Maia, maiasaur, maiasaura, maid , maidan, Maidanek, maiden, Maiden Castle, maidenhair
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Example sentences from the Web for maid Her father and stepmother both beat her, and she was forced to become a maid in her own house.
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She works as a maid , scrubbing floors and toilets of the well-to-do families in West Hartford, Connecticut.
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I did as she bade me, and left her there when the maid came in.
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The maid had orders to summon him the instant Geneviève opened her eyes.
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Kate might also want to think about taking a dresser or a lady's maid .
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I heard of the parrots a year or two later as giving lessons in Italian to an English maid .
Essays on Life, Art and Science | Samuel Butler
The Maid had by her first triumph given the "sign" so oft demanded of her that she was truly the envoy of God.
The Executioner's Knife | Eugne Sue
“I would deny the maid nought that were for her good, Orige,” said the father, sadly.
Clare Avery | Emily Sarah Holt
My maid is a salaried spy, and a longer interview would make you suspected.
Frederick The Great and His Family | L. Muhlbach
If it helps a young couple to do with one maid , or with none, instead of two, it makes for cheapness of living.
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British Dictionary definitions for maid noun archaic , or literary a young unmarried girl; maiden
a female servant (in combination ) a housemaid a spinster
Derived forms of maid maidish , adjective maidishness , noun Word Origin for maid C12: shortened form of maiden
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