Housemaid

Quick meaning: Housemaid is a noun meaning A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.

Meaning

A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.

More Meanings

1. (derogatory) A housewife.
2. To be a housemaid.
3. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.
4. To clean, as a housemaid.

Example Sentences

With a dramatic gesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table. "It must have been done since yesterday, otherwise a good housemaid would have at once removed it with blotting-paper and a hot iron. […]”

Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there.

Word Forms

• housemaids
• house maid
• house-maid
• housemaiding
• housemaided

Synonyms for housemaid

Depending on context, synonyms include amah, maid, maidservant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amah, maidservant, maid, servingmaid, maid-servant, girl.

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