About The Word Maid

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Maid

Maid Meaning & Definition
Maid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maid?

[n] an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
[n] a female domestic

Synonyms | Synonyms for Maid: amah | housemaid | maiden | maidservant

Related Terms | Find terms related to Maid: abigail | amah | au pair girl | ayah | babe | baby | bachelor girl | betweenmaid | biddy | broad | chambermaid | chaperon | chick | colleen | companion | cook | cutie | daily | dame | damoiselle | damsel | demoiselle | doll | domestic | duenna | feme sole | femme de chambre | fille de chambre | filly | frail | gal | gentlewoman | girl | girlie | handmaid | handmaiden | heifer | hired girl | housemaid | hoyden | jeune fille | jill | junior miss | kitchenmaid | lady-help | lady-in-waiting | lass | lassie | little missy | live-in maid | live-out maid | lone woman | mademoiselle | maiden | maiden lady | maidservant | miss | missy | nursemaid | nymph | nymphet | old maid | parlormaid | piece | quail | romp | schoolgirl | schoolmaid | schoolmiss | scullery maid | servant girl | servitress | single girl | skirt | slip | soubrette | spinster | spinstress | subdeb | subdebutante | subteen | subteener | teenybopper | tomato | tomboy | tweeny | upstairs maid | vestal | vestal virgin | virgin | waiting maid | wench | young creature | young thing

See Also | chambermaid | damoiselle | damosel | damozel | damsel | demoiselle | domestic | domestic help | fille | fille de chambre | girl | handmaid | handmaiden | house servant | Io | lady's maid | miss | missy | parlormaid | parlourmaid | young lady | young woman

Maid In Webster's Dictionary

\Maid\, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See {Maiden}.] 1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden. Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. --Shak. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me. --Jer. ii. 32. 2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.] Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --Chaucer. 3. A female servant. Spinning amongst her maids. --Shak. Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate ({Raia batis}), and of the thornback ({R. clavata}). [Prov. Eng.] {Fair maid}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Fair}, a. {Maid of honor}, a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties. {Old maid}. See under {Old}.

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