maid
/meɪd/ noun B2- A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.)
Plural maids
From the library
I had no idea how long he might be, but I sat stolidly puffing at my pipe and skipping over the pages of Henri Murger’s “Vie de Bohème.” Ten o’clock passed, and I heard the footsteps of the maid as they pattered off to bed.
His manners towards the maid-servants were disgustingly free and familiar.
It was the maid with a telegram.
These shall wake the yawning maid;
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