Meaning

2 senses

  1. A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.

    a female domestic

  2. (derogatory)A housewife.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Mary is a housemaid.

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  2. Rima is a housemaid.

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  3. Rima became a housemaid.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From house + maid.

From house + maid.

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Forms

plural: housemaids

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunderhousemaid

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
householdB1housekeeperB2housekeepinghouselesshousematehouseplanthousewarminghousewifeB2
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