maids
UK/meɪdz/
maids is the plural of maid.
Meaning of maid
Noun
maid (plural maids)
- A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.)
- She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- ancilla, handmaiden, lady-in-waiting, maiden, maidservant, servingmaid, servingwoman, womanservant, chambermaid, charlady
- A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
- You are betrothed both to a maid and man.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
Noun capitalized: MAIDs
MAIDs
- plural of MAID.
Phrases with maids
Words that rhyme with maids
Questions about maids
- What is maids the plural of?
- Maids is the plural of maid.
- What part of speech is maids?
- Maids is a noun.
- How do you pronounce maids?
- Maids is pronounced /meɪdz/ (UK).
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