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(obsolete) A lady's maid.
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(archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
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(Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia) a female domestic helper.
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A slave girl; a servant-girl.
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A single girl (or, rarely, a boy), usually a foreigner, who helps a host family with childcare, housework, or both while staying as a guest with a host family, and generally receives a small allowance (or pocket money).
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
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Alternative form of bondmaid [A female bondservant.]
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(US, dated) An Irish housemaid.
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A woman in charge of housekeeping tasks in a camp.
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(chiefly archaic or historical) A woman who cleans houses and offices as an occupation.
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(historical) An unskilled kitchen worker assigned to menial tasks.
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A diligent and industrious person.
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(rare, derogatory) A woman employed to clean, especially to remove ash from stoves and fireplaces.
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A man courting a maidservant; suitor.
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(historical) A woman who is not a serf or slave.
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A lady's maidservant of French origin, formerly considered a status symbol among wealthy households; now usually with reference to the titillating costume associated with them.
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(Ireland) Pronunciation spelling of gentleman. [(chiefly historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armiferous man ranking below a knight.]
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A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
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(obsolete) A title of respect for a woman
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Obsolete spelling of handmaid [(now historical) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.]
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Alternative letter-case form of Hausfrau [(informal) A traditional housewife.]
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Alternative form of hostess with the mostest [(slang, humorous) An exceptional hostess.]
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(slang, humorous) An exceptional hostess.
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Alternative spelling of housekeeper [(now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.]
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Alternative spelling of housemaid [A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.]
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A girl or young woman employed in a private home to do housework.
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(rare, dated) A female housekeeper.
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A female servant or slave who works in the house
n
Obsolete form of huntress. [(dated) A female hunter.]
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Obsolete form of hussy. [(obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper.]
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Alternative form of hussy [(obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper.]
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(obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper.
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(archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen.
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A women's corps that operates within a service or fraternal organization.
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(historical) The mistress of a household.
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A female servant employed by an upper-class woman to attend to her personal needs.
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(obsolete, historical) To act as a laundress.
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A maid responsible for laundry.
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A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
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A female servant employed to do general housework.
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Alternative form of maidservant [A female servant; a maid.]
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Obsolete spelling of maid [(dated or poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.]
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(obsolete) A machine for washing linen.
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(slang, obsolete) An old-fashioned maid-of-all-work (female servant).
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(obsolete, India) A female house-servant.
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(US) A female prison officer.
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(derogatory) A meter attendant of either gender.
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A kept woman; a mistress.
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(Singapore, Malaysia) A female nurse.
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(Hong Kong) A female household servant, usually an unwanted daughter bought from another family.
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A personification of the Japanese housewife speculators, who are strong enough to affect international markets, especially foreign exchange markets.
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(obsolete) Synonym of maid: a servant girl.
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(historical) A Jamaican heroine, 18th-century leader of a community of formerly enslaved Africans in a guerrilla war against the British.
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(historical) A female servant responsible for the pantry.
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Alternative form of parlormaid [(US) A maid who takes care of the parlor.]
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(US) A maid who takes care of the parlor.
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(Britain) A maid who takes care of the parlour.
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In Haiti, a child sent by their parents to work for another household as a domestic servant
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Alternative form of scullery maid [(formerly, in large houses) A domestic servant, of lowest status, whose job is to wash dishes and do other menial chores.]
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Alternative form of scullery maid [(formerly, in large houses) A domestic servant, of lowest status, whose job is to wash dishes and do other menial chores.]
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(historical) A female house-servant responsible for relatively light work, such as chamber-work or waiting at table.
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(dated) A young woman who works in a shop.
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(historical) An ingenue actress or role.
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(dated) A female domestic servant, especially one employed for menial work.
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(colloquial, historical) A female domestic servant; a maid or maidservant.
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(now historical) A lady's maid.
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A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
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(historical) A lady's female servant.
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(archaic) A young washerwoman.
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(archaic) A woman servant; a maidservant.
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