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HOUSEMAID
maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah
(noun) a female domestic
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
housemaid (plural housemaids)
A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.
(derogatory) A housewife.
Verb
housemaid (third-person singular simple present housemaids, present participle housemaiding, simple past and past participle housemaided)
To be a housemaid.
To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.
Source: Wiktionary
House"maid`, n.
Definition: A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms. Housemaid's knee (Med.), a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon their knees.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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