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Housemaid

//ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.

    "With a dramatic gesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table. "It must have been done since yesterday, otherwise a good housemaid would have at once removed it with blotting-paper and a hot iron. […]”"

  2. 2
    a female domestic wordnet
  3. 3
    A housewife. derogatory
Verb
  1. 1
    To be a housemaid.
  2. 2
    To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.
  3. 3
    To clean, as a housemaid.

    "Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From house + maid.

Etymology 2

From house + maid.

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