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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MAID, n. A species of skate fish.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a female domestic [syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah]
2: an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) [syn: maid, maiden]

Merriam Webster's

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 Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a female domestic servant. 2 archaic or poet. a girl or young woman. Phrases and idioms: maid of honour 1 an unmarried lady attending a queen or princess. 2 a kind of small custard tart. 3 esp. US a principal bridesmaid. Derivatives: maidish adj. Etymology: ME, abbr. of MAIDEN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Girl, lass, lassie, virgin, maiden, damsel. 2. Maid-servant, female servant.

Moby Thesaurus

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