schoolmaid

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English

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Etymology

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From school +‎ maid.

Noun

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schoolmaid (plural schoolmaids)

  1. (archaic) A schoolgirl.
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
      LUCIO: Is she your cousin?
      ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.