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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a female domestic [syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1694 a girl or woman who is a servant employed to do housework

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a female servant in a house, esp. in charge of reception rooms and bedrooms. Phrases and idioms: housemaid's knee inflammation of the kneecap, often due to excessive kneeling.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Housemaid House"maid`, n. A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms. Housemaid's knee (Med.), a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon their knees.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(housemaids) A housemaid is a female servant who does cleaning and other work in someone's house. N-COUNT