housemaid
See also: house maid and house-maid
English
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[edit]Etymology
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[edit]Noun
[edit]housemaid (plural housemaids)
- A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.
- (derogatory) A housewife.
Translations
[edit]female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house
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Verb
[edit]housemaid (third-person singular simple present housemaids, present participle housemaiding, simple past and past participle housemaided)
- To be a housemaid.
- To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.