MAID DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
maid n 1: a female domestic [syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah] 2: an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) [syn: maid, maiden] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) maid noun Etymology: Middle English maide, short for maiden Date: 13th century 1. an unmarried girl or woman especially when young ; virgin 2. a. maidservant b. a woman or girl employed to do domestic work Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary maid (maids) A maid is a woman who works as a servant in a hotel or private house. A maid brought me breakfast at half past eight. N-COUNT see also old maid English Explanatory Dictionary maid meɪd n. 1 a female domestic servant. 2 archaic or poet. a girl or young woman. ømaid of honour 1 an unmarried lady attending a queen or princess. 2 a kind of small custard tart. 3 esp. US a principal bridesmaid. øømaidish adj. [ME, abbr. of MAIDEN] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Maid \Maid\, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See Maiden.] 1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden. Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. --Shak. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me. --Jer. ii. 32. 2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.] Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --Chaucer. 3. A female servant. Spinning amongst her maids. --Shak. Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate ({Raia batis}), and of the thornback ({R. clavata}). [Prov. Eng.] Fair maid. (Zo["o]l.) See under Fair, a. Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties. Old maid. See under Old. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms maid n. 1. Girl, lass, lassie, virgin, maiden, damsel. 2. Maid-servant, female servant. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) maid meɪd n. 1 girl, maiden, lass, miss, nymphet, nymph, wench, damsel, mademoiselle, demoiselle, Scots lassie; virgin, virgo intacta: A lovely young maid was milking the cow. 2 housemaid, maidservant, domestic, chambermaid, lady's maid, Archaic or literary abigail, Brit daily, Archaic colloq Brit tweeny: When she rang, the maid brought in the tea. 3 old maid. spinster, bachelor girl: She never married and now is an old maid. :maiden n. 1 See maid, 1, above.: --adj. 2 virgin, virginal, undefiled, intact, chaste, (virgo) intacta; unmarried, unwed: His maiden aunt was visiting for the weekend. 3 inaugural, first, initial, Colloq US shakedown: The Titanic sank on her maiden voyage. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 94 Moby Thesaurus words for "maid": abigail, amah, au pair girl, ayah, babe, baby, bachelor girl, betweenmaid, biddy, broad, chambermaid, chaperon, chick, colleen, companion, cook, cutie, daily, dame, damoiselle, damsel, demoiselle, doll, domestic, duenna, feme sole, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, filly, frail, gal, gentlewoman, girl, girlie, handmaid, handmaiden, heifer, hired girl, housemaid, hoyden, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, kitchenmaid, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, lass, lassie, little missy, live-in maid, live-out maid, lone woman, mademoiselle, maiden, maiden lady, maidservant, miss, missy, nursemaid, nymph, nymphet, old maid, parlormaid, piece, quail, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, scullery maid, servant girl, servitress, single girl, skirt, slip, soubrette, spinster, spinstress, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, tweeny, upstairs maid, vestal, vestal virgin, virgin, waiting maid, wench, young creature, young thing |
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