MAID

maid, maiden

(noun) an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah

(noun) a female domestic

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

maid (plural maids)

(dated or poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.

A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).

(archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

Usage notes

Maid, in the sense of a girl or unmarried woman, is often used in the common (species) names of flowering plants.

Synonyms

• (young female person): damsel, maiden

• (female servant): handmaiden, lady-in-waiting, maidservant

• (female cleaner): chambermaid (in a hotel), charlady (in a house), charwoman (in a house)

Anagrams

• Dima, Madi, aim'd, amid, diam, diam.

Source: Wiktionary

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Maid, n. Etym: [Shortened from maiden. . See Maiden.]

1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden. Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. Shak. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire Yet my people have forgotten me. Jer. ii. 32.

2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.] Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. Chaucer.

3. A female servant. Spinning amongst her maids. Shak.

Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata). [Prov. Eng.] Fair maid. (Zoöl.) See under Fair, a.

– Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; - - usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties.

– Old maid. See under Old.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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