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house maid

house maid is the alternative form 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.

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Forms of house maid

pluralhouse maids

Questions about house maid

What is house maid the alternative form of?
House maid is the alternative form of housemaid.

Words near house maid in the dictionary

  1. house left
  2. house light
  3. house lights
  4. house lizard
  5. house lizards
  6. house maid
  7. house maids
  8. house manager
  9. house managers
  10. house martin
  11. house martins

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