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Definition of Housemaid
1. Noun. A female domestic.
Specialized synonyms: Chambermaid, Fille De Chambre, Handmaid, Handmaiden, Lady's Maid, Parlormaid, Parlourmaid
Generic synonyms: Domestic, Domestic Help, House Servant
Definition of Housemaid
1. n. A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.
Definition of Housemaid
1. Noun. A female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house. (as opposed to a scullery maid.) ¹
2. Noun. (derogatory) a housewife. ¹
3. Verb. To be a housemaid. ¹
4. Verb. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Housemaid
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Housemaid
1.
A female servant employed to do housework, especially. To take care of the rooms.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Housemaid
Literary usage of Housemaid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... the housemaid, who used to do his bedroom and sitting-room out, bring him his
gruel, and warm his bed. When the little housemaid came to him in the ..."
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