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as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
hired a maid to do the housework after the baby was born
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as in girl
a young unmarried woman
a dance where the fair maids and handsome bucks of the village hoped to meet one another
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Recent Examples of maid
Aniya Taylor plays Vic, who is both the theater’s stage manager and playing the minor role of the maid Kathleen in the play-within-the-play.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
Each night, the maids would decorate the hotel bathrooms.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
While future films would be tighter and more purposeful, none would make room for a beautiful detour like Dignan and Anthony holed up at a motel, where Anthony nurses a wordless bond with a Spanish-speaking maid.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2025
Eight years later, the dying grandmother sold the little girl into Xue Ke’s husband’s household as a maid, in hopes that daughter and mother would reunite.
—Karissa Chen, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
Each night, the maids would decorate the hotel bathrooms.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
While future films would be tighter and more purposeful, none would make room for a beautiful detour like Dignan and Anthony holed up at a motel, where Anthony nurses a wordless bond with a Spanish-speaking maid.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2025
Eight years later, the dying grandmother sold the little girl into Xue Ke’s husband’s household as a maid, in hopes that daughter and mother would reunite.
—Karissa Chen, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maid
Noun
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Richard Simmons' longtime housekeeper and companion Teresa Reveles is speaking out about the late fitness guru's final years.—
Emily Trainham,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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Not that Davidtz excludes herself from the racist mindset that’s evident in Bobo, who enjoys spending time with her family’s housekeeper, Sarah (Zikhona Bali), despite treating her as beneath her.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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Instead, just three months after that maiden outing, Huijsen was sent on loan to AS Roma.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Campbell, who won his maiden PGA Tour victory at the Mexico Open in February, claimed his second playoff title at the John Deere Classic.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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“Maid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maid. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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