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as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
hired a maid to do the housework after the baby was born
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as in girl
a young unmarried woman
a dance where the fair maids and handsome bucks of the village hoped to meet one another
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Recent Examples of maid
Here Now, about a Black maid standing up to a white family's child abuse in the 1960s.
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Jack Smart, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
About half of those companies are one-person operations, like maids and landscapers, who had no idea the federal law was bearing down on them.
—Zach Tuggle, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Her mother was a maid who worked at one time for legendary actress Lucille Ball.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Louise, a former anchoress, is her humble, tyrannical maid.
—Hervé Guibert, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
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Jack Smart, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
About half of those companies are one-person operations, like maids and landscapers, who had no idea the federal law was bearing down on them.
—Zach Tuggle, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Her mother was a maid who worked at one time for legendary actress Lucille Ball.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Louise, a former anchoress, is her humble, tyrannical maid.
—Hervé Guibert, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for maid
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“Maid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maid. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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