Definition of Parlourmaid

1. Noun. A maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door.

Exact synonyms: Parlormaid
Generic synonyms: Amah, Housemaid, Maid, Maidservant

Definition of Parlourmaid

1. Noun. (British) A maid who takes care of the parlour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parlourmaid

parlor car
parlor game
parlor grand
parlor grand piano
parlormaid
parlormaids
parlors
parlour
parlour-game
parlour car
parlour game
parlour games
parlour grand
parlour grand piano
parlour skate
parlourmaid (current term)
parlourmaids
parlours
parlous
parlously
parly
parm
parma wallabies
parma wallaby
parmacetties
parmacetty
parmesans
parmigiana
parmigiano

Literary usage of Parlourmaid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in London by Elizabeth L. Banks (1895)
"parlourmaid TO MRS. BROWNLOW. MRS. BROWNLOW'S residence was a pretty little house in Kensington, with the name " Elsmore Lodge" done in gold letters over ..."

2. The "Queen" Cookery Books by S. Beaty-Pownall (1904)
"Tnz parlourmaid's work depends a good deal on the household. In some she is practically a feminine butler; she has charge of the wine, plate, ..."

3. Memoirs of a Midget by Walter De la Mare (1922)
"But the parlourmaid had turned to meet me, and the next moment she and I were side by ... I saw not a face or a flower; and even when the parlourmaid was ..."

4. The Negro in the New World by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1910)
"You could not, for example, come to Tuskegee and engage one of the female students as a parlourmaid (though after seeing their work in this line of life you ..."

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