1
old-fashioned + literary
: an unmarried girl or woman especially when young : virgin
2
a
b
: a woman or girl employed to do domestic work
Examples of maid in a Sentence
She hired a maid to do the cleaning.
hired a maid to do the housework after the baby was born
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In a scene based on a real incident that crystallized some of the public’s reaction to Bardot at the time, a cleaning lady lashes out at the star’s character in an elevator, angry over her promiscuity while the maid’s brother is fighting in the Algerian War.
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Lee Smith, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
In a Cinderella-esque twist, that woman is actually a maid named Sophie, who is right under the same roof as our lovestruck lothario.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
One day prior, the lifeless body of Shauntel's 18-year-old stepdaughter Anna Kepner was discovered in her cabin aboard the Carnival Horizon by a maid.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
Adapted from the Freida McFadden novel of the same name, The Housemaid stars Sydney Sweeney as the titular maid hired by Amanda Seyfried’s wealthy Nina Winchester.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
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Lee Smith, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
In a Cinderella-esque twist, that woman is actually a maid named Sophie, who is right under the same roof as our lovestruck lothario.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
One day prior, the lifeless body of Shauntel's 18-year-old stepdaughter Anna Kepner was discovered in her cabin aboard the Carnival Horizon by a maid.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
Adapted from the Freida McFadden novel of the same name, The Housemaid stars Sydney Sweeney as the titular maid hired by Amanda Seyfried’s wealthy Nina Winchester.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Maid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maid. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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maid
noun1
: an unmarried girl or woman
especially
: maiden entry 1
2
: a female servant
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