chambermaid

noun

cham·​ber·​maid ˈchām-bər-ˌmād How to pronounce chambermaid (audio)
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: a maid who makes beds and does general cleaning of bedrooms (as in a hotel)

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Prior soon learned that a job agency had sent the teenager, who couldn’t read, to seek employment at the house as a chambermaid. — Jenna Deep, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025 Cleese wrote the series with co-star and then-wife Connie Booth, who played chambermaid Polly. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025 According to a Physics Today article that delved into her background, her father was a plumber and her mother worked part time as a hotel chambermaid. — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Feb. 2025 Being a chambermaid also included grueling daily tasks such as maintaining fires, emptying chamber pots and scrubbing floors. — Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for chambermaid

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First Known Use

1578, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chambermaid was in 1578

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chambermaid

noun
cham·​ber·​maid ˈchām-bər-ˌmād How to pronounce chambermaid (audio)
: a maid who takes care of bedrooms (as in a hotel)

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