housemaid
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housemaid
- /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd/ US
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From house + maid.
noun housemaids · house maid · house-maid
- A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house. With a dramatic gesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table. "It must have been done since yesterday, otherwise a good housemaid would have at once removed it with blotting-paper and a hot iron. […]”
- A housewife.
verb housemaids · housemaiding · housemaided · house maid · house-maid
- To be a housemaid.
- To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.
- To clean, as a housemaid. Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained ther
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noun female servant responsible for cleaning a house
| Español | mucama, fámula |
|---|---|
| Français | femme de ménage |
| Ελληνικά | οικιακή βοηθός oikiakí voïthós |
Talk about this word "housemaid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/housemaid. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. housemaid. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/housemaid "housemaid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/housemaid.
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@misc{housemaid_2026,
title = {housemaid},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/housemaid},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
