Thesaurus results for MAID

maid

noun

ˈmād

Definition of maid

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 At the time of their deaths, the couple lived with their adult daughters — 41-year-old Emma and 32-year-old Lizzie — and their maid, Bridget Sullivan, in a relatively modest home. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026 Did Lizzie Borden have a relationship with the maid, Bridget Sullivan? — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 17 Sep. 2026 The film, directed by May el-Toukhy, is set in Denmark in the aftermath of World War II, as a maid prepares to marry her former employer. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026 Jackson was particularly vocal in her criticism of the show’s shallow scripts, which featured plotlines about them going undercover as French maids, showgirls, lifeguards and, perhaps most infamously, prison inmates. — Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for maid

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Jude’s modern twist on Octave Mirbeau’s novel follows Gianina (Ana Dumitrașcu), a Romanian migrant working as a live-in housekeeper and nanny for a wealthy family in present-day Bordeaux.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
To try that one, the salesperson first had to turn down the covers for us like a mother with her children or a housekeeper in a fancy hotel.

— Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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So, about a year into his professional career, Brennan had already earned a PGA Tour membership, and less than a year on from that maiden victory, he's earned two more wins.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
There was a procession to the church of white clad handmaidens (tärnor), star boys (stjärngossar) and gingerbread men (pepparkaksgubbar) with candle wreaths on the maidens’ heads – now battery powered rather than actual flames.

— Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026

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