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, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH maid
made maidWords nearby maid
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British Dictionary definitions for maid
maid
/ (meɪd) /
noun
archaic, or literary
a young unmarried girl; maiden
- a female servant
- (in combination)a housemaid
a spinster
Derived forms of maid
maidish, adjective maidishness, nounWord Origin for maid
C12: shortened form of
maiden