Definition of housemaid
: a girl or woman who is a servant employed to do housework
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scrubbing the floors invariably fell to the lowliest housemaid
Recent Examples of housemaid from the Web
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Camilla’s dresser, Jacqui Meakin, was there alongside Annabel and Laura, as was a housemaid called Joy, but none of them could persuade her.
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Only a few characters regularly appear in Schulz’s stories—the narrator, often called Józef; his father, Jakub; the housemaid, Adela; rarely, his mother.
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According to Digital Spy, Rose Leslie will reprise her role as housemaid Gwen Harding, who left the estate in season one to take a job as a secretary.
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Grace works directly for a strict housemaid named Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin), who in turn is having an illicit affair with their employer, a wealthy Ontario rancher named Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross).
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At the center of it all is Gadon, who gives a mesmerizing performance as Grace Marks, a housemaid and Irish immigrant fending off near-constant abuse in colonial-era Canada.
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Did a 16-year-old housemaid named Grace Marks kill her lecherous employer and his housekeeper in 1843?
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His mother, a hardworking housemaid, kept the vital family telephone hidden in a cupboard: welfare cases weren’t allowed such luxuries.
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Outside the bounds of Westeros and Essos, Ygritte is Rose Leslie, who first charmed us as housemaid and wannabe-typist Gwen Dawson on Downton Abbey.
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First Known Use of housemaid
1673
housemaid Synonyms
HOUSEMAID Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of housemaid for English Language Learners
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: a female servant who does cleaning, laundry, etc.
HOUSEMAID Defined for Kids
Definition of housemaid for Students
: a woman or girl hired to do housework
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