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maid

[ meyd ]

/ meɪd /

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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

Words nearby maid

mai mai, mai tai, maia, maiasaur, maiasaura, maid, maid marian, maid of all work, maid of honor, maid of honour, maid of orléans

Example sentences from the Web for maid

Her father and stepmother both beat her, and she was forced to become a maid in her own house.

How One Young Woman Escaped Childhood Abuse and a Forced Marriage |Moral Courage |October 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She works as a maid, scrubbing floors and toilets of the well-to-do families in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling |Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman |March 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I did as she bade me, and left her there when the maid came in.

Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show |Robert W. Chambers |February 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The maid had orders to summon him the instant Geneviève opened her eyes.

Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show |Robert W. Chambers |February 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Kate might also want to think about taking a dresser or a lady's maid.

Situation Vacant: Kate and William Seek New Nanny For George |Tom Sykes |January 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I heard of the parrots a year or two later as giving lessons in Italian to an English maid.

Essays on Life, Art and Science |Samuel Butler
The Maid had by her first triumph given the "sign" so oft demanded of her that she was truly the envoy of God.

The Executioner's Knife |Eugne Sue
My maid is a salaried spy, and a longer interview would make you suspected.

Frederick The Great and His Family |L. Muhlbach
“I would deny the maid nought that were for her good, Orige,” said the father, sadly.

Clare Avery |Emily Sarah Holt
If it helps a young couple to do with one maid, or with none, instead of two, it makes for cheapness of living.

Imaginary Interviews |W. D. Howells

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, noun

Word Origin for maid

C12: shortened form of maiden