maid
n.
servant, cleaning lady; young girl, unmarried woman; virgin (Archaic)
Maid
Maid is also a shortened form of "
maiden", an archaic word for an unmarried woman or a
virgin.MAID is also a
backronym of
Massive array of idle disksA maidservant or in current usage maid is a female employed in
domestic service. Once part of an elaborate hierarchy in
great houses, today the maid may be the only
domestic worker that
upper and even middle-income households can afford. In the
Western world, comparatively few households can afford live-in domestic help, usually compromising on periodic cleaners. In less developed nations, very large differences in the income of urban and rural households and between different socio-economic classes, fewer educated women and limited opportunities for working women ensures a labour source for domestic work.
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maid
Noun
1. a female domestic
(synonym) maidservant, housemaid, amah
(hypernym) domestic, domestic help, house servant
(hyponym) chambermaid, fille de chambre
2. an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
(synonym) maiden
(hypernym) girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
(hyponym) Io
Maid (die)
n.
damsel, lass, maiden; virgin; unmarried woman
Maid
(n.)
The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata).
(n.)
An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
(n.)
A man who has not had sexual intercourse.
(n.)
A female servant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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