maidnoun [ C ]
uk/meɪd/us/meɪd/maid noun [ C ] (SERVANT)
a woman who works as a servant in a hotel or in someone's home:
In the beach resort, the apartments and villas have daily maid service.
In California many illegal immigrants work as maids and gardeners.
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Servants, slaves & underlings
- below/above stairs idiom
- butler
- clerk
- coolie
- dogsbody
- factotum
- housemaid
- labourer
- lackey
- lapdog
- majordomo
- puppet
- retainer
- servant
- skivvy
- slave
- slave trade
- slaver 1
- slavery
- valet
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Hotels & hostels
maid noun [ C ] (GIRL)
old use a girl or young woman who is not married, or has not had sex
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Kinds of women
- a damsel in distress idiom
- adult
- amazon
- auntie
- bachelorette
- cougar
- councilwoman
- dame
- damsel
- dolly bird
- homemaker
- housewife
- ingénue
- Jezebel
- ladette
- sheila
- slattern
- temptress
- tigress
- wallflower
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