scullery maid

See also: scullery-maid and scullerymaid

English

Alternative forms

• scullery-maid
• scullerymaid

Noun

scullery maid (plural scullery maids)

1. (historical, in large houses) A domestic servant, of lowest status, whose job is to wash dishes and do other menial chores.

Synonyms

• scullery girl

Coordinate terms

• cook
• kitchen maid
• sculleryman

Translations

a servant

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kyökkipiika (fi)
• French: fille de cuisine (fr) f
• German: Küchenmädchen n, Tellerwäscherin (de) f, Scheuermagd f (archaic or historical), Scheuermagd f (archaic or historical), Sudelmagd f (archaic or historical)
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: cailín cistine m
• Italian: sguattera f
• Polish: pomywaczka (pl) f
• Russian: судомо́йка (ru) f (sudomójka), посудомо́йка (ru) f (posudomójka)
• Swedish: köksa (sv) c

See also

• butler
• housekeeper
• footman