Definition of housemaid
: a girl or woman who is a servant employed to do housework
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Examples of housemaid in a Sentence
scrubbing the floors invariably fell to the lowliest housemaid
Recent Examples of housemaid from the Web
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Both had grandmothers who worked there as housemaids; both noted that there had been years of concerns about contamination and pollution from the lab.
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Philippine officials have demanded that housemaids be allowed to hold their passports and cellphones, which is normal for skilled workers like teachers and office workers.
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Philippine officials have demanded that housemaids be allowed to hold their passports and cellphones, which is normal for skilled workers like teachers and office workers.
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Genet based The Maids on a notorious 1933 case concerning a pair of French sister housemaids, Christine and Léa Papin, who murdered their employer's wife and daughter.
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More than 260,000 Filipinos work in Kuwait, many of them as housemaids.
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What: In Good Company presents Jean Genet's classic existentialist drama about a pair of housemaids fantasizing about to killing their employer.
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More than 260,000 Filipinos work in Kuwait, many of them as housemaids.
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Philippine officials have demanded that housemaids be allowed to hold their passports and cellphones, which is normal for skilled workers like teachers and office workers.
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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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