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Housemaid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A woman or girl employed to do housework.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

n. a housewife.

v. To be a housemaid.

v. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A female servant employed in general work about a house.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a female domestic

Word Usage

"A somewhat similar swelling, often as large as an egg, is sometimes seen over the kneepan, more often in those who work upon their knees, hence the name housemaid's knee."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

domestic help house servant domestic

Cross Reference

housemaid's knee

Hyponym

chambermaid parlormaid handmaiden handmaid parlourmaid fille de chambre lady's maid

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

maidservant

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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