housemaid

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

housemaid (plural housemaids or housemaiden)

1. A female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house. (as opposed to a scullery maid.)
2. (derogatory) a housewife.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to housemaid (third-person singular simple present housemaids, present participle housemaiding, simple past and past participle housemaided)

1. To be a housemaid.
2. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.

[edit] Related terms

• Housemaid's knee