maid | | |
n. (person) | 1. amah, housemaid, maid, maidservant | a female domestic. |
| ~ chambermaid, fille de chambre | a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels). |
| ~ domestic, domestic help, house servant | a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household. |
| ~ handmaid, handmaiden | a personal maid or female attendant. |
| ~ lady's maid | a maid who is a lady's personal attendant. |
| ~ parlormaid, parlourmaid | a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door. |
n. (person) | 2. maid, maiden | an unmarried girl (especially a virgin). |
| ~ io | (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer. |
| ~ damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel, demoiselle | a young unmarried woman. |
| ~ fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman | a young woman.; "a young lady of 18" |
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