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
The elder girl touched a button, and a maid came in a moment.
Perhaps an old maid doesn’t know much about bringing up a child, but I guess she knows more than an old bachelor.
Jane Andrews is to be the queen and I am to be one of her maids of honor.
I’ve held my tongue though, for I can see Marilla doesn’t want advice and she thinks she knows more about bringing children up than I do for all she’s an old maid.
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