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as in housekeepers
a female domestic servant
hired a maid to do the housework after the baby was born
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as in girls
a young unmarried woman
a dance where the fair maids and handsome bucks of the village hoped to meet one another
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Recent Examples of maids
Palace maids stand around a plump woman, struggling to fasten a black belt sash around her waist.
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Lavender Au,
The Dial,
30 June 2026
Now footsteps are heard rushing up from the floor below, and Varsha is soon surrounded by her aunt’s retinue of maids and household staff.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
The festival is rooted in the story of Lord Krishna, the reincarnation of Lord Vishnu, who is said to have played pranks by splashing maids with water and colors.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
It is rooted in the story of Lord Krishna, a reincarnation of Lord Vishnu, who played pranks splashing maids with water and colors.
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Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
The ladies Carnarvon, their daughters, and their guests—not to mention the governesses, maids, and cooks?
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
Doris and Ann, the family’s longtime upstairs-downstairs maids, were there too.
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Jennifer Cannon,
Vanity Fair,
7 Apr. 2026
Roughly 82% of the Bay Area’s maids and housekeepers are immigrants, and close to 40% of the total are undocumented.
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Sara Dinatale,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
The movie does attempt to gesture at class and race as thematic underpinnings (the maids trapped in The Virgil are mostly non-white, while the villains are rich Caucasians), but like the story and action at large, these go pretty much nowhere, and feel like obligatory symbols.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
Lavender Au,
The Dial,
30 June 2026
Now footsteps are heard rushing up from the floor below, and Varsha is soon surrounded by her aunt’s retinue of maids and household staff.
—
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
The festival is rooted in the story of Lord Krishna, the reincarnation of Lord Vishnu, who is said to have played pranks by splashing maids with water and colors.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
It is rooted in the story of Lord Krishna, a reincarnation of Lord Vishnu, who played pranks splashing maids with water and colors.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
The ladies Carnarvon, their daughters, and their guests—not to mention the governesses, maids, and cooks?
—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
Doris and Ann, the family’s longtime upstairs-downstairs maids, were there too.
—
Jennifer Cannon,
Vanity Fair,
7 Apr. 2026
Roughly 82% of the Bay Area’s maids and housekeepers are immigrants, and close to 40% of the total are undocumented.
—
Sara Dinatale,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
The movie does attempt to gesture at class and race as thematic underpinnings (the maids trapped in The Virgil are mostly non-white, while the villains are rich Caucasians), but like the story and action at large, these go pretty much nowhere, and feel like obligatory symbols.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maids
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The two housekeepers denied having such a conversation with Brown, noting language differences would have made such a discussion unlikely.
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Avila alleged in her lawsuit that she and sister Maria Avila were hired in November 2020 as housekeepers at Brown’s home in Tarzana.
Noun
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There’s the pleasant background noise of gossipy girls’ dinners and third dates.
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In 2006, a Vietnamese court convicted him of committing obscene acts with two girls ages 10 and 11 and sentenced him to four years in jail.
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Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Matthew Fisher and Josh Tongue were dismissed in two double-wicket maidens by Henry.
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Many fans thought the original covers of Pratchett’s novels went too heavy on busty maidens and strapping men with big swords, undermining their literary merit, and a similar problem has beset the various screen adaptations from Sky and the BBC.
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“Maids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maids. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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