maid /mād/

1. An unmarried woman, esp one who is young (archaic and poetic)
2. A virgin (archaic)
3. A spinster
4. A female servant
5. A young skate

To work as a maidservant

maidˈhood noun

maidˈish adjective

maidˈless adjective

Without a maid

maidˈ-child noun (Shakespeare)

A girl

maidˈ-pale adjective (Shakespeare)

Pale, like a sick girl

maidˈservant noun

A female servant

maid of all work or maidˈ-of-allˈ-work (archaic)

A maid who does general housework

maid of honour see under honour

old maid

1. A spinster
2. An extremely fussy or excessively cautious person
3. A card game in which players match pairs of cards from a pack of 51, the loser being left with the unmatched card

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