housemaid

See also: house maid and house-maid

English

Alternative forms

• house maid
• house-maid

Etymology

From house +‎ maid.

Pronunciation

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Noun

housemaid (plural housemaids)

Housemaid

1. A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.
2. (derogatory) A housewife.

Translations

female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house

• Armenian: աղախին (hy) (aġaxin)
• Brunei Malay: amah
• Bulgarian: прислужница f (prislužnica)
• Catalan: minyona (ca) f
• Finnish: kotiapulainen (fi), sisäkkö (fi)
• French: femme de ménage (fr) f
• Greek: οικιακή βοηθός f (oikiakí voïthós)
• Irish: cailín tí m, cailín aimsire m
• Norman: femme dé mênage f
• Swedish: hembiträde (sv) f

Verb

housemaid (third-person singular simple present housemaids, present participle housemaiding, simple past and past participle housemaided)

1. To be a housemaid.
2. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.

Related terms

• housegirl
• housemaid's knee