maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah
(noun) a female domestic
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
