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Definition of parlourmaid in English: parlourmaidnoun ˈpɑːləmeɪd historical A maid employed to wait at table. Example sentencesExamples - There was a knock on the door and the parlourmaid Katie came in.
- Antoinette this is Brenda our parlourmaid, and Nellie our housemaid.
- Liszt returned his attention to where Caroline was, but he saw not the girl, but an old parlourmaid of the queen.
- As our family grew we'd hired more servants so that now we had a parlourmaid, two housemaids, two kitchenmaids, a scullerymaid, Mrs. Benson, Mr. Richards and the cook.
- A parlourmaid's job is relatively easy, even more so than a housemaid's job and I was given more freedom and more responsibility.
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