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schoolmaids

schoolmaids is the plural of schoolmaid.

Meaning of schoolmaid

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]...

Questions about schoolmaids

What is schoolmaids the plural of?
Schoolmaids is the plural of schoolmaid.

Words near schoolmaids in the dictionary

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

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