as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
a large estate that once had many maidservants
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Recent Examples of maidservant
The enterprising maidservant followed him into a shop.
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John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
Julia, who was already pregnant with her and Henry’s second child, is forced to work as a maidservant for the reprehensible Lord Lovat (Tony Curran), who happens to be the father of Brian.
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Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
As Julia takes on the role of maidservant, Henry’s outlook is a bit different.
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Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Count Almaviva seeks to exercise droit du seigneur over his wife’s maidservant, Susanna, who is betrothed to his valet, Figaro.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
If the apparent maidservant was actually a man committing fornication that might lead to another servant’s falling pregnant, then Hall was a materially destabilizing influence in the community.
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Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
Julia, who was already pregnant with her and Henry’s second child, is forced to work as a maidservant for the reprehensible Lord Lovat (Tony Curran), who happens to be the father of Brian.
—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
As Julia takes on the role of maidservant, Henry’s outlook is a bit different.
—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Count Almaviva seeks to exercise droit du seigneur over his wife’s maidservant, Susanna, who is betrothed to his valet, Figaro.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
If the apparent maidservant was actually a man committing fornication that might lead to another servant’s falling pregnant, then Hall was a materially destabilizing influence in the community.
—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maidservant
Noun
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Chris Brown was found liable by a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday for $13 million in the gruesome case of a dog that mauled and disfigured his housekeeper at his home in 2020.
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Avila alleged in her lawsuit that she and sister Maria Avila were hired in November 2020 as housekeepers at Brown’s home in Tarzana.
Noun
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Palace maids stand around a plump woman, struggling to fasten a black belt sash around her waist.
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The series follows a woman named Emma over the course of more than six decades of her life, from the 1900s through the 1970s, working her way from impoverished maid to the world’s richest woman.
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“Maidservant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maidservant. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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