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[ cheym-ber-meyd ] / ˈtʃeɪm bərˌmeɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR chambermaid ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna maid who cleans bedrooms and bathrooms. Origin of chambermaidFirst recorded in 1580–90; chamber + maid Words nearby chambermaidchamberhand, chamberlain, Chamberlain, Neville, Chamberland, Chamberlin, chambermaid, chamber mug, chamber music, chamber of commerce, chamber of deputies, chamber of horrors Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chambermaidNow, that day a chambermaid named Molly got shut in a closet and the whole hotel had heard her screaming, “Los mir arois!” Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 10 minutes or less, an African-immigrant chambermaid changed the history of the world. Dominique Strauss-Kahn Settles With Maid: How the Case Changed France|Christopher Dickey|December 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST But he still faces a civil suit brought by Times Square Sofitel chambermaid Nafissatou Diallo in the Bronx. Dominique Strauss-Kahn Talks Comeback With Parisian Magazine Le Point|Tracy McNicoll|October 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST He was the illegitimate son of a French sea captain and his Haitian chambermaid. Christie’s Auctions Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’: Priciest Book Ever?|Josh Dzieza|January 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A novelist, she has something Diallo, the illiterate Guinean chambermaid, does not: a sharp pen. Victory for DSK or His Accuser?|Tracy McNicoll|October 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST The chambermaid was positive that if we hadn't come when we did the poor creature would have gone mad. The Observations of Henry|Jerome K. Jerome No, no, I'll not stay; and Nancy the chambermaid may do the cooking till you get somebody else. Stories for Helen|Eliza Leslie It turned out, poor soul, that she was a chambermaid in a hotel. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna|Clara Louise Kellogg The chambermaid thinks he will be able to manage, if he tucks his legs up. Diary of a Pilgrimage|Jerome K. Jerome There's a French cook, and a French chambermaid, and the friend of the family is a Frenchman. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales|Francis A. Durivage
British Dictionary definitions for chambermaid
nouna woman or girl employed to clean and tidy bedrooms, now chiefly in hotels 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 Words related to chambermaidgirl, au pair, housemaid, servant, caretaker, housewife, maid, biddy, woman, help, domestic, damsel, nursemaid, miss, handmaiden, maidservant, factotum, cleaning woman, live-in |