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house-maid

house-maid is the alternative spelling of housemaid.

Meaning of housemaid

Noun

housemaid (plural housemaids)

  1. A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.
    • With a dramatic gesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table. "It must have been done since yesterday, otherwise a good housemaid would have at once removed it with blotting-paper and a hot iron. […]”1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  2. (derogatory) A housewife.

See all 5 meanings of housemaid

Forms of house-maid

pluralhouse-maids

Questions about house-maid

What is house-maid the alternative spelling of?
House-maid is the alternative spelling of housemaid.

Words near house-maid in the dictionary

  1. house-hunting
  2. house-hunts
  3. house-keeper
  4. house-keepers
  5. house-like
  6. house-maid
  7. house-maids
  8. house-plunder
  9. house-proud
  10. house-raising
  11. house-roof

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