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meido

meido noun: a female fictional character who is employed as a maid, typically wearing a stylized French maid outfit.

meido: a female fictional character who is employed as a maid, typically wearing a stylized French maid...
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Noun

meido (plural meido or meidos)

  1. (Japanese) A female fictional character who is employed as a maid, typically wearing a stylized French maid outfit.
    • I was really struck by how many of the bishoujo cliches it managed to bring up. We already have the older sister, younger sister, childhood friend, and exotic transfer student. We have a genki girl, a ditzy girl, a hime-sama, and a meido.2006 October 13, Abraham Evangelista, “Re: Crescent Love - dull new anime”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)
    • And then there’s Roberta, who seems like a typical meido (maid) character until she pulls out machine guns from her lacy uniform!2008 October 12, Kitty Sensei, “Playing pirate”, in Malaysia Star
  2. A waitress at a maid café.
    • Actually, the two times I was there, it was really quite dull in terms of the people wandering around. The most excitement I saw was that one candidate for Prime Minister giving a van-top speech in front of Akihabara station. Oh, and a demonstration of some RC "Tokyo Drift" toy cars out on the...2008 February 9, Captain Nerd [username], “Re: "Alien Jones" - "Boss" coffee ads”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)
    • These meido attract customers by role-playing the part of a maid, complete with French maid-inspired outfits that are long on fantasy elements and typically short on skirt length.2009, John Graham-Cumming, The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive, O'Reilly Media, published 2009, →ISBN, page 104

Examples of meido in a sentence

  • Although this is a manga about maids, don’t expect to see the submissive and fawning maids of the meido category.2008, Memedi, "Loyal helper", Malaysia Star, 9 November 2008
  • No dancing in the streets, only a very few meido (some of questionable gender >__< ), and quite a few gaikokujin.2008 February 9, Captain Nerd [username], “Re: "Alien Jones" - "Boss" coffee ads”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Forms of meido

pluralmeido
pluralmeidos

Origin of meido

From Japanese メイド (meido, “maid, maidservant”), from English maid.

Questions about meido

What does meido mean?
Meido means a female fictional character who is employed as a maid, typically wearing a stylized French maid outfit.
How do you use meido in a sentence?
Although this is a manga about maids, don’t expect to see the submissive and fawning maids of the meido category.
What part of speech is meido?
Meido is a noun.
What is the plural of meido?
The plural of meido is meido.

Words near meido in the dictionary

  1. meidauns
  2. meide
  3. Meidenbauer
  4. Meidinger
  5. Meidingers
  6. meido
  7. meidos
  8. Meier
  9. Meierijstad
  10. Meiers
  11. Meifod

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