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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His father, Mario, was a hardworking bartender; his mother, Oriales, was a hotel maid.
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Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
McFadden's sequel follows a similar tale of a wealthy, but sick, woman, Wendy Garrick, looking for a way to escape her abusive husband, Douglas Garrick, who hired Millie as a maid.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Liongate just greenlit a sequel film based on the second book in Freida McFadden’s trilogy series, The Housemaid’s Secret, with Sydney Sweeney returning as the devious maid, Millie Calloway.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
My poor mother had to work as a maid in the village.
—Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
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Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
McFadden's sequel follows a similar tale of a wealthy, but sick, woman, Wendy Garrick, looking for a way to escape her abusive husband, Douglas Garrick, who hired Millie as a maid.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Liongate just greenlit a sequel film based on the second book in Freida McFadden’s trilogy series, The Housemaid’s Secret, with Sydney Sweeney returning as the devious maid, Millie Calloway.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
My poor mother had to work as a maid in the village.
—Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Maid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maid. Accessed 19 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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