chambermaid
noun
cham·ber·maid
ˈchām-bər-ˌmād 
: a maid who makes beds and does general cleaning of bedrooms (as in a hotel)
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Being a chambermaid also included grueling daily tasks such as maintaining fires, emptying chamber pots and scrubbing floors.
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Timothy Welbeck, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2026
In 1911, a gas explosion in that room caused major damage to the hotel and severely injured a chambermaid, according to the Estes Park Trail Gazette.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Cleese wrote the series with co-star and then-wife Connie Booth, who played chambermaid Polly.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
As kobolds go, Heinzelmann was more harmless than most, going about his business protecting the castle from giants and dwarves and keeping the staff updated on faerie gossip, as well as protecting the chambermaids from unwelcome attentions from visiting noblemen.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
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Timothy Welbeck, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2026
In 1911, a gas explosion in that room caused major damage to the hotel and severely injured a chambermaid, according to the Estes Park Trail Gazette.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Cleese wrote the series with co-star and then-wife Connie Booth, who played chambermaid Polly.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
As kobolds go, Heinzelmann was more harmless than most, going about his business protecting the castle from giants and dwarves and keeping the staff updated on faerie gossip, as well as protecting the chambermaids from unwelcome attentions from visiting noblemen.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Chambermaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chambermaid. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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chambermaid
noun
cham·ber·maid
ˈchām-bər-ˌmād
: a maid who takes care of bedrooms (as in a hotel)
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