chambermaid

[ cheym-ber-meyd ]

/ ˈtʃeɪm bərˌmeɪd /

a maid who cleans bedrooms and bathrooms.

Origin of chambermaid

First recorded in 1580–90; chamber + maid

Now, that day a chambermaid named Molly got shut in a closet and the whole hotel had heard her screaming, “Los mir arois!”

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In 10 minutes or less, an African-immigrant chambermaid changed the history of the world.

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But he still faces a civil suit brought by Times Square Sofitel chambermaid Nafissatou Diallo in the Bronx.

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He was the illegitimate son of a French sea captain and his Haitian chambermaid.

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A novelist, she has something Diallo, the illiterate Guinean chambermaid, does not: a sharp pen.

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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

chambermaid

/ (ˈtʃeɪmbəˌmeɪd) /

a woman or girl employed to clean and tidy bedrooms, now chiefly in hotels