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Webster 1913 Edition
Housemaid
House′maidˊ
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
housemaid
housemaid
English
Noun
housemaid (plural housemaids)
- A female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house. (as opposed to a scullery maid.)
- (derogatory) a housewife.
Translations
female servant attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house
Verb
housemaid (third-person singular simple present housemaids, present participle housemaiding, simple past and past participle housemaided)
- To be a housemaid.
- To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.