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schoolmaid

schoolmaid noun: a schoolgirl.

Noun

schoolmaid (plural schoolmaids)

  1. (archaic) A schoolgirl.
    • LUCIO: Is she your cousin?
      ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of schoolmaid

pluralschoolmaids

Origin of schoolmaid

From school + maid.

Questions about schoolmaid

What does schoolmaid mean?
Schoolmaid means a schoolgirl.
What part of speech is schoolmaid?
Schoolmaid is a noun.
What is the plural of schoolmaid?
The plural of schoolmaid is schoolmaids.

Words near schoolmaid in the dictionary

  1. schoollessness
  2. schoollike
  3. schoolma'am
  4. schoolma'amish
  5. schoolma'ams
  6. schoolmaid
  7. schoolmaids
  8. schoolman
  9. schoolmarm
  10. schoolmarmed
  11. schoolmarming

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