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maid¹
- /meɪd/ US, UK
- /med/ Scotland
- /meid/ Wales
Sounds like made (pane–pain merger) · Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of Middle English maiden from Old English mæġden (Old English mǣden). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“girl, virgin”).
noun maids
- A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
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An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.)
She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types
Similar: ancilla, handmaiden, lady-in-waiting, maiden, maidservant, servingmaid, servingwoman, womanservant, chambermaid, charlady, charwoman, cleaning lady
- A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender. You are betrothed both to a maid and man.
verb maids · maiding · maided
- To serve as lady's maid to, to wait upon. And as she did so there came to her a comfortable recollection, an incident of her long-past youth, in the days when she, then Ellen Green, had maided a dear old lady.
Maid²
proper noun the Maid
- The constellation and zodiacal sign Virgo. Virgo, the Maid, guideth the Womb, Midriff and Guts.
- Joan of Arc
MAID³
noun MAIDs · MAiD
- Acronym of medical assistance in dying
- Acronym of mobile advertising ID
MAiD⁴
noun
- Alternative form of MAID (“medical assistance in dying”).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: maidservant, maiden, amah, housemaid, damsel, mademoiselle, lady, woman, señorita, wife, charwoman, bonne, nanny, waitress, bride, governess
Translations
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noun young female
| Español | doncella, señorita |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소녀 sonyeo |
| 日本語 | 少女 shōjo |
| 中文 | 少女 shàonǚ |
| हिन्दी | लड़की laṛkī, कन्या kanyā |
| Kiswahili | wafanyikazi |
| Português | donzela, moça |
| Français | demoiselle, jeune fille |
| Deutsch | Mädchen |
| Italiano | signorina |
| Română | fecioară, fată |
| Русский | деви́ца devíca, де́ва déva, де́вушка dévuška |
| العربية | جَارِيَة jāriya, فَتَاة fatāh |
| עברית | עַלְמָה 'almá |
noun female servant or cleaner
| Español | doméstica, empleada doméstica, muchacha de servicio, asesora del hogar, asistenta, mucama |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 하녀 hanyeo |
| 日本語 | 女中 jochū, メイド meido |
| 中文 | 女僕 /女仆 nǚpú, 女傭 /女佣 nǚyòng, 傭婦 /佣妇 yōngfù, 侍女 shìnǚ, 下女 xiànǚ |
| हिन्दी | नौकरानी naukrānī, दासी dāsī, सेविका sevikā |
| Kiswahili | mfanyikazi |
| Português | empregada, servente, doméstica |
| Français | bonne, bonne à tout faire, domestique, servante |
| Deutsch | Stubenmädchen |
| Italiano | cameriera |
| Ελληνικά | καμαριέρα kamariéra |
| Română | servitoare, fată în casă |
| Русский | го́рничная górničnaja, служа́нка služánka |
| Tiếng Việt | đầy tớ gái, hầu gái |
| العربية | خَادِمَة ḵādima |
| עברית | חַדְרָנִית ḥadranít |
noun medical assistance in dying
| Français | AMM |
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title = {maid},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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