Definition of maid in English:

maid

noun meɪdmeɪd

1A female domestic servant.
女仆，女佣人
Mary eventually managed to find a job as a maid
Example sentencesExamples
- Most female migrants to the first world find employment as maids or domestics.
- An army of servants - maids, footmen, cooks and gardeners - made the luxurious lifestyle of the family possible.
- People were forever writing letters to each other, says Fellowes, asking where they could find decent cooks and competent maids or reliable footmen.
- The air was filled with the noise and clatter of servants and maids from every quarter.
- Jenna smiled at her maid, the women she regarded more as a sister or an aunt or on occasions like now a mother.
- Every room had maids and servants and butlers all cleaning and decorating his home.
- Gracie worked as a live-in domestic maid with a family in Mangalore.
- A maid and a butler hold umbrellas over a couple dancing on a windswept beach in their evening wear, their faces obscured.
- Dinner ended with the maids and servant folk clearing the table.
- A variety of special dishes are prepared from fresh ingredients for ceremonial occasions by the woman of the house and her female maids.
- Below stairs, their maids and valets work in tandem with the house staff, a subterranean world with its own strict hierarchy.
- There, the pictures are in a large, empty house ... about 200 yards in length and the permanent inhabitants are a Housekeeper and two maids, and a carpenter who is in and out as required during the day.
- In Edwardian times many lower class woman would work as servants or maids for upper class families.
- In addition to the three aunts the household also included my grandmother, a female cousin and a maid.
- Nicholas' maid walked into the room informing him a young woman stood at the door looking for him.
- Carefully avoiding maids and other assorted servants, Signe successfully made it to the dining room without being seen by anyone.
- When single women began to settle in the United States, they went into domestic work as maids, cooks, and housekeepers.
- The heavy oak doors at the top of the steps opened with a slow precision as several maids and other servants came out to collect any luggage that their new guest may be carrying.
- Hired security was just like any other kind of staff, just like the maids and the servants and drivers.
- Suspicions were raised when a chamber maid saw documents in his jacket which contradicted his story.
Synonyms
female servant, maidservant, housemaid, parlourmaid, serving maid, lady's maid, chambermaid, maid-of-all-work, domestic, drudge, menial
help, cleaner, cleaning woman/lady, housekeeper, au pair
Indian amah, bai
British informal daily, skivvy, Mrs Mop
British dated charwoman, charlady, char, cook-general, cook-maid, tweeny
archaic abigail
2archaic An unmarried girl or young woman.
Example sentencesExamples
- The young fifteen-year-old elven maid paraded from her father's cart to the Market streets.
- Was this just Andrew's manner - no, but he certainly didn't flirt with the other maids and pretty girls he passed on the streets.
- Where Kiaria was a quiet and reserved elven maid, Eva was a loud and borderline obnoxious human woman.
- A young justice, the Governer of the town, saw the young maid and fell in love with her.
Synonyms
girl, young woman, young lady, miss
1. 2.1 A virgin.
  〈古或诗/文〉处女
  Example sentencesExamples
  On the eve of St Valentine, a number of young folk - maids and bachelors - would assemble together, and inscribe upon little billets the names of an equal number of maids and bachelors of their acquaintance, throw the whole into a receptacle of some sort, and then draw them lottery-wise - care, of course, being taken that each should draw one of the opposite sex.
  Synonyms
  virgin, vestal virgin, chaste woman, unmarried girl, celibate

Derivatives

maidish

adjective

Origin

Middle English: abbreviation of maiden.

Rhymes

abrade, afraid, aid, aide, ambuscade, arcade, balustrade, barricade, Belgrade, blade, blockade, braid, brigade, brocade, cannonade, carronade, cascade, cavalcade, cockade, colonnade, crusade, dissuade, downgrade, enfilade, esplanade, evade, fade, fusillade, glade, grade, grenade, grillade, handmade, harlequinade, homemade, invade, jade, lade, laid, lemonade, limeade, made, man-made, marinade, masquerade, newlaid, orangeade, paid, palisade, parade, pasquinade, persuade, pervade, raid, serenade, shade, Sinéad, staid, stockade, stock-in-trade, suede, tailor-made, they'd, tirade, trade, Ubaid, underpaid, undismayed, unplayed, unsprayed, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade, wade

Definition of maid in US English:

maid

nounmeɪdmād

1A female domestic servant.
女仆，女佣人
Example sentencesExamples
- Carefully avoiding maids and other assorted servants, Signe successfully made it to the dining room without being seen by anyone.
- There, the pictures are in a large, empty house ... about 200 yards in length and the permanent inhabitants are a Housekeeper and two maids, and a carpenter who is in and out as required during the day.
- Suspicions were raised when a chamber maid saw documents in his jacket which contradicted his story.
- A maid and a butler hold umbrellas over a couple dancing on a windswept beach in their evening wear, their faces obscured.
- Gracie worked as a live-in domestic maid with a family in Mangalore.
- In Edwardian times many lower class woman would work as servants or maids for upper class families.
- An army of servants - maids, footmen, cooks and gardeners - made the luxurious lifestyle of the family possible.
- Dinner ended with the maids and servant folk clearing the table.
- Jenna smiled at her maid, the women she regarded more as a sister or an aunt or on occasions like now a mother.
- Below stairs, their maids and valets work in tandem with the house staff, a subterranean world with its own strict hierarchy.
- The air was filled with the noise and clatter of servants and maids from every quarter.
- When single women began to settle in the United States, they went into domestic work as maids, cooks, and housekeepers.
- Nicholas' maid walked into the room informing him a young woman stood at the door looking for him.
- In addition to the three aunts the household also included my grandmother, a female cousin and a maid.
- Every room had maids and servants and butlers all cleaning and decorating his home.
- People were forever writing letters to each other, says Fellowes, asking where they could find decent cooks and competent maids or reliable footmen.
- The heavy oak doors at the top of the steps opened with a slow precision as several maids and other servants came out to collect any luggage that their new guest may be carrying.
- Hired security was just like any other kind of staff, just like the maids and the servants and drivers.
- A variety of special dishes are prepared from fresh ingredients for ceremonial occasions by the woman of the house and her female maids.
- Most female migrants to the first world find employment as maids or domestics.
Synonyms
female servant, maidservant, housemaid, parlourmaid, serving maid, lady's maid, chambermaid, maid-of-all-work, domestic, drudge, menial
1. 1.1literary, archaic A girl or young woman, especially an unmarried one.
  〈古或诗/文〉少女，（尤指未婚的）年轻妇女
  Example sentencesExamples
  Where Kiaria was a quiet and reserved elven maid, Eva was a loud and borderline obnoxious human woman.
  A young justice, the Governer of the town, saw the young maid and fell in love with her.
  Was this just Andrew's manner - no, but he certainly didn't flirt with the other maids and pretty girls he passed on the streets.
  The young fifteen-year-old elven maid paraded from her father's cart to the Market streets.
  Synonyms
  girl, young woman, young lady, miss
2. 1.2literary, archaic A virgin.
  〈古或诗/文〉处女
  Example sentencesExamples
  On the eve of St Valentine, a number of young folk - maids and bachelors - would assemble together, and inscribe upon little billets the names of an equal number of maids and bachelors of their acquaintance, throw the whole into a receptacle of some sort, and then draw them lottery-wise - care, of course, being taken that each should draw one of the opposite sex.
  Synonyms
  virgin, vestal virgin, chaste woman, unmarried girl, celibate

Origin

Middle English: abbreviation of maiden.

单词	maid
释义	Definition of maid in English: maid noun meɪdmeɪd 1A female domestic servant. 女仆，女佣人 Mary eventually managed to find a job as a maid Example sentencesExamples Most female migrants to the first world find employment as maids or domestics. An army of servants - maids, footmen, cooks and gardeners - made the luxurious lifestyle of the family possible. People were forever writing letters to each other, says Fellowes, asking where they could find decent cooks and competent maids or reliable footmen. The air was filled with the noise and clatter of servants and maids from every quarter. Jenna smiled at her maid, the women she regarded more as a sister or an aunt or on occasions like now a mother. Every room had maids and servants and butlers all cleaning and decorating his home. Gracie worked as a live-in domestic maid with a family in Mangalore. A maid and a butler hold umbrellas over a couple dancing on a windswept beach in their evening wear, their faces obscured. Dinner ended with the maids and servant folk clearing the table. A variety of special dishes are prepared from fresh ingredients for ceremonial occasions by the woman of the house and her female maids. Below stairs, their maids and valets work in tandem with the house staff, a subterranean world with its own strict hierarchy. There, the pictures are in a large, empty house ... about 200 yards in length and the permanent inhabitants are a Housekeeper and two maids, and a carpenter who is in and out as required during the day. In Edwardian times many lower class woman would work as servants or maids for upper class families. In addition to the three aunts the household also included my grandmother, a female cousin and a maid. Nicholas' maid walked into the room informing him a young woman stood at the door looking for him. Carefully avoiding maids and other assorted servants, Signe successfully made it to the dining room without being seen by anyone. When single women began to settle in the United States, they went into domestic work as maids, cooks, and housekeepers. The heavy oak doors at the top of the steps opened with a slow precision as several maids and other servants came out to collect any luggage that their new guest may be carrying. Hired security was just like any other kind of staff, just like the maids and the servants and drivers. Suspicions were raised when a chamber maid saw documents in his jacket which contradicted his story. Synonyms female servant, maidservant, housemaid, parlourmaid, serving maid, lady's maid, chambermaid, maid-of-all-work, domestic, drudge, menial help, cleaner, cleaning woman/lady, housekeeper, au pair Indian amah, bai British informal daily, skivvy, Mrs Mop British dated charwoman, charlady, char, cook-general, cook-maid, tweeny archaic abigail 2archaic An unmarried girl or young woman. Example sentencesExamples The young fifteen-year-old elven maid paraded from her father's cart to the Market streets. Was this just Andrew's manner - no, but he certainly didn't flirt with the other maids and pretty girls he passed on the streets. Where Kiaria was a quiet and reserved elven maid, Eva was a loud and borderline obnoxious human woman. A young justice, the Governer of the town, saw the young maid and fell in love with her. Synonyms girl, young woman, young lady, miss 2.1 A virgin. 〈古或诗/文〉处女 Example sentencesExamples On the eve of St Valentine, a number of young folk - maids and bachelors - would assemble together, and inscribe upon little billets the names of an equal number of maids and bachelors of their acquaintance, throw the whole into a receptacle of some sort, and then draw them lottery-wise - care, of course, being taken that each should draw one of the opposite sex. Synonyms virgin, vestal virgin, chaste woman, unmarried girl, celibate Derivatives maidish adjective Origin Middle English: abbreviation of maiden. Rhymes abrade, afraid, aid, aide, ambuscade, arcade, balustrade, barricade, Belgrade, blade, blockade, braid, brigade, brocade, cannonade, carronade, cascade, cavalcade, cockade, colonnade, crusade, dissuade, downgrade, enfilade, esplanade, evade, fade, fusillade, glade, grade, grenade, grillade, handmade, harlequinade, homemade, invade, jade, lade, laid, lemonade, limeade, made, man-made, marinade, masquerade, newlaid, orangeade, paid, palisade, parade, pasquinade, persuade, pervade, raid, serenade, shade, Sinéad, staid, stockade, stock-in-trade, suede, tailor-made, they'd, tirade, trade, Ubaid, underpaid, undismayed, unplayed, unsprayed, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade, wade Definition of maid in US English: maid nounmeɪdmād 1A female domestic servant. 女仆，女佣人 Example sentencesExamples Carefully avoiding maids and other assorted servants, Signe successfully made it to the dining room without being seen by anyone. There, the pictures are in a large, empty house ... about 200 yards in length and the permanent inhabitants are a Housekeeper and two maids, and a carpenter who is in and out as required during the day. Suspicions were raised when a chamber maid saw documents in his jacket which contradicted his story. A maid and a butler hold umbrellas over a couple dancing on a windswept beach in their evening wear, their faces obscured. Gracie worked as a live-in domestic maid with a family in Mangalore. In Edwardian times many lower class woman would work as servants or maids for upper class families. An army of servants - maids, footmen, cooks and gardeners - made the luxurious lifestyle of the family possible. Dinner ended with the maids and servant folk clearing the table. Jenna smiled at her maid, the women she regarded more as a sister or an aunt or on occasions like now a mother. Below stairs, their maids and valets work in tandem with the house staff, a subterranean world with its own strict hierarchy. The air was filled with the noise and clatter of servants and maids from every quarter. When single women began to settle in the United States, they went into domestic work as maids, cooks, and housekeepers. Nicholas' maid walked into the room informing him a young woman stood at the door looking for him. In addition to the three aunts the household also included my grandmother, a female cousin and a maid. Every room had maids and servants and butlers all cleaning and decorating his home. People were forever writing letters to each other, says Fellowes, asking where they could find decent cooks and competent maids or reliable footmen. The heavy oak doors at the top of the steps opened with a slow precision as several maids and other servants came out to collect any luggage that their new guest may be carrying. Hired security was just like any other kind of staff, just like the maids and the servants and drivers. A variety of special dishes are prepared from fresh ingredients for ceremonial occasions by the woman of the house and her female maids. Most female migrants to the first world find employment as maids or domestics. Synonyms female servant, maidservant, housemaid, parlourmaid, serving maid, lady's maid, chambermaid, maid-of-all-work, domestic, drudge, menial 1.1literary, archaic A girl or young woman, especially an unmarried one. 〈古或诗/文〉少女，（尤指未婚的）年轻妇女 Example sentencesExamples Where Kiaria was a quiet and reserved elven maid, Eva was a loud and borderline obnoxious human woman. A young justice, the Governer of the town, saw the young maid and fell in love with her. Was this just Andrew's manner - no, but he certainly didn't flirt with the other maids and pretty girls he passed on the streets. The young fifteen-year-old elven maid paraded from her father's cart to the Market streets. Synonyms girl, young woman, young lady, miss 1.2literary, archaic A virgin. 〈古或诗/文〉处女 Example sentencesExamples On the eve of St Valentine, a number of young folk - maids and bachelors - would assemble together, and inscribe upon little billets the names of an equal number of maids and bachelors of their acquaintance, throw the whole into a receptacle of some sort, and then draw them lottery-wise - care, of course, being taken that each should draw one of the opposite sex. Synonyms virgin, vestal virgin, chaste woman, unmarried girl, celibate Origin Middle English: abbreviation of maiden.
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