Definitions for maidmeɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

maidmeɪd(n.)

  1. a female servant.

  2. a girl or young unmarried woman, esp. a virgin.

Origin of maid:

1150–1200; ME; var. of maiden

maid′ish•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah(noun)

    a female domestic

  2. maid, maiden(noun)

    an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. maid(noun)ɪd

    a woman whose job is cleaning

Wiktionary

  1. maid(Noun)

    A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.

    Note -- maid is often used in the common or species names of flowering plants.

  2. maid(Noun)

    A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).

  3. maid(Noun)

    A virgin of either gender.

  4. Origin: mayde, maide, abbreviation of maiden.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Maid(noun)

    an unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden

  2. Maid(noun)

    a man who has not had sexual intercourse

  3. Maid(noun)

    a female servant

  4. Maid(noun)

    the female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata)


Translations for maid

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

maid(noun)

a female servant

The maid answered the door.

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