| MAID | • maid n. (Dated or poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. • maid n. A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). • maid n. (Archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender. |
| BARMAID | • barmaid n. A woman who serves in a bar. • BARMAID n. a female bartender. |
| MERMAID | • mermaid n. A mythological creature with a woman’s head and upper body, and a tail of a fish. • mermaid n. (As a modifier) Coloured a brilliant turquoise. • mermaid n. (Obsolete) A prostitute. |
| SEAMAID | • seamaid n. (Poetic) mermaid. • SEAMAID n. (Shakespeare) a mermaid. |
| BONDMAID | • bondmaid n. A female bondservant. • BONDMAID n. a female slave. |
| COOKMAID | • cookmaid n. (Dated) A female servant who dresses provisions and assists the cook. • COOKMAID n. a maid who cooks. |
| HANDMAID | • handmaid n. (Now historical) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant. • HANDMAID n. a female servant. |
| MILKMAID | • milkmaid n. (Historical) A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm. • MILKMAID n. a woman who milks cows. |
| BRIDEMAID | • bridemaid n. Archaic form of bridesmaid. • BRIDEMAID n. a woman who is an attendant of a bride, also BRIDESMAID, BRIDEMAIDEN. |
| DAIRYMAID | • dairymaid n. A woman who works in a dairy. • DAIRYMAID n. a woman who works in a dairy. |
| HOUSEMAID | • housemaid n. A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid. • housemaid n. (Derogatory) A housewife. • housemaid v. To be a housemaid. |
| NURSEMAID | • nursemaid n. A woman or girl employed to care for children. • nursemaid v. To tend to as a nursemaid. • nursemaid v. (Colloquial) To care for or look after. |
| BRIDESMAID | • bridesmaid n. A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party. • bridesmaid n. (Sports, entertainment) A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first. • bridesmaid v. To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony. |
| PANTRYMAID | • pantrymaid n. (Historical) A female servant responsible for the pantry. • PANTRYMAID n. a maid in charge of a pantry. |
| SCHOOLMAID | • schoolmaid n. (Archaic) A schoolgirl. • SCHOOLMAID n. a schoolgirl. |
| CHAMBERMAID | • chambermaid n. A maid who handles the chores in a bedroom. • CHAMBERMAID n. a maid who makes beds and does general cleaning of bedrooms (as in a hotel). |
| KITCHENMAID | • kitchenmaid n. (Archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen. • KITCHENMAID n. a maid who works in the kitchen. |
| NURSERYMAID | • nurserymaid n. Nursemaid. • NURSERYMAID n. one employed to look after small children. |
| PARLOURMAID | • parlourmaid n. (Britain) A maid who takes care of the parlour. • PARLOURMAID n. a female servant in a private home who serves at the table, keeps the house clean and answers the door to guests. |