maid

Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

maid

female servant: The maid cleaned our room.; a girl or young unmarried woman: a fair maid

Not to be confused with:

made – past tense of make; prepared: made dinner; contrived: made a false statement

maid

(mād)

1. Archaic

a. An unmarried girl or woman.

b. A woman or girl who is a virgin.

a. A housemaid or chambermaid.

b. A woman servant.

[Middle English maide, from Old English mægden; see maghu- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

maid

(meɪd)

1. archaic or literary a young unmarried girl; maiden

2. (Professions)

a. a female servant

b. (in combination): a housemaid.

3. a spinster

[C12: shortened form of maiden]

ˈmaidish adj

ˈmaidishness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

maid

(meɪd)

n.

1. a female servant.

2. a girl or young unmarried woman, esp. a virgin.

[1150–1200; Middle English; variant of maiden

maid′ish, adj.

maid′ish•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun	1.	maid - a female domestic housemaid, maidservant, amah chambermaid, fille de chambre - a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) domestic, domestic help, house servant - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household handmaid, handmaiden - a personal maid or female attendant lady's maid - a maid who is a lady's personal attendant parlormaid, parlourmaid - a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door
	2.	maid - an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) maiden damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel, demoiselle - a young unmarried woman fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

maid

noun

1. servant, chambermaid, housemaid, menial, handmaiden (archaic), maidservant, female servant, domestic (archaic), parlourmaid, serving-maid A maid brought me breakfast at half past eight.

2. (Literary) girl, maiden, lass, miss, nymph (poetic), damsel, lassie (informal), wench But can he win back the heart of this fair maid?

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

خَادِمَةٌ خَادِمَةٌ في فُنْدُقخادِمَه

služkapokojskáslužebná

stuepigetjenestepige

Dienstmädchen Mädchen Mädel Zimmermädchen

υπηρέτρια καμαριέρα

servistino

criada sirvienta sirviente virgen criado

hotellin kerroshoitajaneitopalvelijatarpiika

bonne domestique jeune fillebonne à tout fairedemoiselle

sobarica

cselédlányszobalány

senioretta

òjónustustúlka

camerieracameriera d’albergodomestica fanciulla nubile

お手伝い客室係のメイド

객실 담당 여직원하녀

kalpone, istabene

dienstmeiddienstmeisje kamermeisje meid meisje

stuepike tjenestejente tjenestepike

panna pokojówka służąca

arrumadeira donzela empregada empregada de quartos empregada doméstica

горничная девица

služkinja

sluškinja

hembiträdestäderska

สาวใช้สาวใช้ทำความสะอาดห้องนอน

hizmetçi hizmetçi kadın oda görevlisi

người hầu gáinữ phục vụ phòng

女仆女服务员侍女

maid

[meɪd]

A. N

1. (= servant) → criada f, muchacha f (S. Cone), mucama f (S. Cone), recamarera f (Mex); (in hotel) → camarera f
lady's maid → doncella f

2. (o.f., poet) (= young girl) → doncella f
see also old C

B. CPD maid of honor N (US) → dama f de honor

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

maid

[ˈmeɪd] n

(in hotel) → femme f de ménage, femme f de chambre

(= servant) (in house) → bonne f

old maid

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

maid

(= servant) → (Dienst)mädchen nt, → Hausangestellte f; (in hotel) → Zimmermädchen nt; (= lady’s maid) → Zofe f

(old, = maiden) → Jungfer f (obs), → Maid f (old, poet); (= young girl) → Mägdelein nt (poet); the Maid of Orleans → die Jungfrau von Orleans

maid

maid of all work

n (= person) → Mädchen nt → für alles; (= machine) → Allzweckgerät nt

maid of honour, (US) maid of honor

n → Brautjungfer f

maidservant

n → Hausangestellte f, → Hausmädchen nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

maid

[meɪd] n

a. (servant) → domestica; (in hotel) → cameriera

b. (old) (liter) (young girl) → ragazza, fanciulla

maid

(meid) noun

a female servant. The maid answered the door.

maid

→ خَادِمَةٌ, خَادِمَةٌ في فُنْدُق pokojská, služebná stuepige, tjenestepige Dienstmädchen, Zimmermädchen καμαριέρα, υπηρέτρια camarera, criada hotellin kerroshoitaja, palvelijatar bonne, femme de chambre sobarica cameriera, cameriera d’albergo お手伝い, 客室係のメイド 객실 담당 여직원, 하녀 dienstmeisje, kamermeisje stuepike, tjenestepike pokojówka, służąca arrumadeira, empregada de quartos, empregada doméstica горничная hembiträde, städerska สาวใช้, สาวใช้ทำความสะอาดห้องนอน hizmetçi kadın, oda görevlisi người hầu gái, nữ phục vụ phòng 女仆, 女服务员

When does the maid come? (US)
When does the cleaner come? (UK) → Kdy přichází pokojská? → Wann kommt die Reinigungskraft? → Milloin siivooja tulee? → Kada dolazi sobarica? → 清掃人はいつ来ますか？ → 청소부는 언제 오나요? → Når blir det rengjort? → Kiedy przychodzi sprzątaczka? → Quando a arrumadeira vem? → När kommer städpersonalen? → Temizlikçi kaçta geliyor? → 清洁工几点来？

References in classic literature ?

One day, as they were riding along by a brook, the princess began to feel very thirsty: and she said to her maid, 'Pray get down, and fetch me some water in my golden cup out of yonder brook, for I want to drink.' 'Nay,' said the maid, 'if you are thirsty, get off yourself, and stoop down by the water and drink; I shall not be your waiting- maid any longer.' Then she was so thirsty that she got down, and knelt over the little brook, and drank; for she was frightened, and dared not bring out her golden cup; and she wept and said, 'Alas!

View in context

A maid servant living alone in a house not far from the river, had gone upstairs to bed about eleven.

View in context

Marya Ignatevna Peronskaya, a thin and shallow maid of honor at the court of the Dowager Empress, who was a friend and relation of the countess and piloted the provincial Rostovs in Petersburg high society, was to accompany them to the ball.

View in context

Robin Hood has left Maid Marian, Friar Tuck, Little John, and all his merry men to hunt the deer and make ready the feast.

View in context

It was opened by a little maid in a cap trimmed with gay ribbons, who bowed respectfully and asked:

View in context

Showing who the amiable lady, and her unamiable maid, were.

View in context

Umslopogaas heard, and of a sudden reared himself up before the maid, and he was great and wild to look on, and the she-wolf's fangs shone upon his brow.

View in context

There was no kitchen maid to be found; of the nine cows, it appeared from the words of the cowherd-woman that some were about to calve, others had just calved, others were old, and others again hard-uddered; there was not butter nor milk enough even for the children.

View in context

"Hold your tongue, mademoiselle, and do not uselessly trouble yourself to intercede for unworthy people; that a young maid of honor like you should be subjected to a bad example is, certes, a misfortune great enough; but that you should sanction it by your indulgence is what I will not allow."

View in context

Two maid servants were sleeping near her, both very pretty, one on either side of the doorway, which was closed with well made folding doors.

View in context

She went in and gave herself out as a servant, a poor maid who would gladly be engaged.

View in context

Her ladyship's new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.