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Definition of Parlormaid
1. Noun. A maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door.
Definition of Parlormaid
1. Noun. (American English) A maid who takes care of the parlor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parlormaid
Literary usage of Parlormaid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chief Contemporary Dramatists: Twenty Plays from the Recent Drama of England by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1915)
"parlormaid. A Miss Thomas, m'm. ENID [raiting her head]. Thomas? ... [The parlormaid
and FROST go out. ENID purring her lips, siit at the little table, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1909)
"At the end of the month fourpence was due to the cook-general and a penny to the
house-parlormaid. They were very rude about it, and actually refused to ..."
3. The Etiquette of New York To-day by Ellin Craven Learned (1906)
"The cleaning of the drawing-room and library, the care of lamps and bric-a-brac
devolves on the parlormaid, who also superintends the cleaning of bedrooms. ..."
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