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housemaid

noun
/ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd/US

Etymology

From house + maid.

  1. derived from *magaþs✻
  2. derived from *magaþ✻
  3. derived from mǣden
  4. derived from mæġden
  5. inherited from mayde
  6. compounded as housemaid — “house + maid”

Definitions

  1. A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.

  2. A housewife.

  3. To be a housemaid.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

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

    2. To clean, as a housemaid.

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Derived

underhousemaid

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA