Meaning of HOUSEMAID
| Pronunciation: | | 'haws`meyd
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| | Definition: | | [n] a female domestic |
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| | Synonyms: | | amah, maid, maidservant |
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| | See Also: | | chambermaid, domestic, domestic help, fille de chambre, handmaid, handmaiden, house servant, lady's maid, parlormaid, parlourmaid | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \House"maid`\, n.
A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care
of the rooms.
{Housemaid's knee} (Med.), a swelling over the knee, due to
an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan;
-- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls
who work upon their knees.
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