as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
became both nurse and housemaid to the elderly man
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Recent Examples of housemaid
In this film adaptation of Freida McFadden’s best-selling psychological thriller, Sweeney plays a down-on-her-luck woman with a spotty past who lands a job as a live-in housemaid for a married couple (Seyfried and Sklenar), who have some secrets of their own.
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Tolly Wright, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Fed up with her racist employer, Hilly (Bryce Dallas Howard), in the Jim Crow-era south, Black housemaid Minny (Spencer) serves her tormenter the seemingly tasty treat.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
Kennedy Tolson is the sly queen of side-eye as the disobedient new housemaid Nancy.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Marsh’s mother had worked as a housemaid, and Atkins’ father had been an under-butler.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Tolly Wright, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Fed up with her racist employer, Hilly (Bryce Dallas Howard), in the Jim Crow-era south, Black housemaid Minny (Spencer) serves her tormenter the seemingly tasty treat.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
Kennedy Tolson is the sly queen of side-eye as the disobedient new housemaid Nancy.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Marsh’s mother had worked as a housemaid, and Atkins’ father had been an under-butler.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housemaid
Noun
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Their three children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and housekeepers will likely stay in smaller properties nearby.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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In one case, a hospital employee worked her way up from housekeeper to registrar to quality analyst.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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The hit series also starred Ethan Suplee as Earl's younger brother Randy Hickey, Jaime Pressly as Earl's ex-wife Joy Turner, Nadine Velazquez as the motel maid Catalina Aruca and Eddie Steeples as Joy's second husband Darnell Turner.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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One of her central, lifelong relationships was with a Moroccan woman named Cherifa, who became her maid and, after Jane suffered a stroke, was accused by Paul and their friends of casting a love spell that had gone violently wrong.—
Nicole Flattery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Housemaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housemaid. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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