maid
Meaning
- A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
- A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
Synonyms
servant girl
cleaning lady
female servant
young woman
fille
personal attendant
female attendant
female slave
household servant
teenage girl
young girl
lady attendant
damosel
serving girl
lady’s-maid
servant maid
damozel
domestic animal
female worker
house maid
damoiselle
domestic help
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/meɪd/
Etymology
From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of Middle English maiden from Old English mæġden (Old English mǣden). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“girl, virgin”).
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