housemaid

noun

house·​maid ˈhau̇s-ˌmād 

: a girl or woman who is a servant employed to do housework

Synonyms of housemaid

• housekeeper
• maid

Examples of housemaid in a Sentence

became both nurse and housemaid to the elderly man

Recent Examples on the Web

However, a friendship with the family’s new housemaid, Bridget Sullivan (Vicky Krieps), cracks open Lizzie’s world, shepherding her along a bright and bloody path that will forever go down in infamy. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

This is Danish-Egyptian filmmaker May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown, the tale of a housemaid on the precipice of marrying her wealthy, widowed employer. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026

As a live-in housemaid for one of the town’s two Jewish families, Lautenschläger saw the lies behind Nazi propaganda. — Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Look no further than Krieps’s freethinking housemaid, Bridget. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1673, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing housemaid

• housemaid's knee

Rhymes for housemaid

• accolade
• ambuscade
• antegrade
• balustrade
• barricade
• cannonade
• cavalcade
• centigrade
• chambermaid
• colonnade
• countertrade
• disobeyed

Kids Definition

housemaid

noun

house·​maid ˈhau̇-ˌsmād 

: a girl or woman hired to do housework