maid
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of maiden.
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[edit] Noun
maid (plural maids)
- (dated, poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- A female servant or cleaner.
- (archaic) A virgin of any gender.
- Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. — Chaucer
[edit] Synonyms
- (young female person): damsel, maiden
- (female servant): handmaiden, lady-in-waiting, maidservant
- (female cleaner): chambermaid (in a hotel), charlady (in a house), charwoman (in a house)
[edit] Translations
young female
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female servant or cleaner
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maid
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