maid

[ meyd ]
/ meɪd /

noun

a female servant.
a girl or young unmarried woman.
Archaic. a virgin.

Origin of maid

1150–1200; Middle English; apocopated variant of maiden

OTHER WORDS FROM maid

maid·ish, adjective maid·ish·ness, noun sub·maid, noun un·der·maid, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH maid

made maid

Example sentences from the Web for maid

British Dictionary definitions for maid

maid
/ (meɪd) /

noun

archaic, or literary a young unmarried girl; maiden
  1. a female servant
  2. (in combination)a housemaid
a spinster

Derived forms of maid

maidish, adjective maidishness, noun

Word Origin for maid

C12: shortened form of maiden