Maid - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |meɪd|  American pronunciation of the word maid
Brit.  |meɪd|  British pronunciation of the word maid

noun

- a female domestic (syn: amah, housemaid, maidservant)
- an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) (syn: maiden)

Extra examples

She hired a maid to do the cleaning.

...hired a maid to do the housework after the baby was born...

...the hideous way in which she treated her maid after she discovered her ring was missing...

In my generation, you were considered an old maid at 25.

...a “sexy French maid” costume for the woman who wants to get in touch with her inner wench—at least on Halloween...

The maid gave a little bob and left the room.

The maid looked nervously at her mistress.

Instead of ringing for the maid, she made the tea herself.

He signed to the maid to leave the room.

She managed to get a situation as a parlour maid.

...the maid cleaned the house until there wasn't even a smidgen of dust left...

He wondered how a country maid could afford such courtly behaviour.

She whistled for her maid

The words “made” and “maid” sound alike but have different spellings.

Word forms

noun
singular: maid
plural: maids
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