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as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
hired a maid to do the housework after the baby was born
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as in girl
a young unmarried woman
a dance where the fair maids and handsome bucks of the village hoped to meet one another
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Recent Examples of maid
At the time of her killing, Curran was working part time as a maid at the local Colonial Motor Inn, which, according to VTDigger, is located near Bundy’s birthplace in Burlington.
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Sean Neumann, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
An orphaned princess, Snow is a scullery maid for her stepmother, the Evil Queen obsessed with asking her Magic Mirror who's the fairest of them all.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
At the time of her killing, Curran was working part time as a maid at the local Colonial Motor Inn, which, according to VTDigger, is located near Bundy’s birthplace in Burlington.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
The live-in maid and Sean’s nanny were there too.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Sean Neumann, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
An orphaned princess, Snow is a scullery maid for her stepmother, the Evil Queen obsessed with asking her Magic Mirror who's the fairest of them all.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
At the time of her killing, Curran was working part time as a maid at the local Colonial Motor Inn, which, according to VTDigger, is located near Bundy’s birthplace in Burlington.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
The live-in maid and Sean’s nanny were there too.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maid
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Cassidy said she was surrounded by her mom, the couple's housekeeper and childhood friends during the ordeal.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Buy Now 03 of 10 'Alias Grace' by Margaret Atwood In 1840’s Toronto, scullery maid Grace Marks, 16, is accused of abetting the brutal murder of her employer and his pregnant housekeeper.—
Bailey Seybolt,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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An all-female crew accomplished a brief spaceflight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket and capsule, the 31st such flight since its maiden flight in July 2021.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
14 Apr. 2025
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On February 27, 1812, the twenty-four-year-old poet George Gordon Byron rose in the House of Lords to deliver his maiden speech.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Maid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maid. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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