1
: an unmarried girl or woman especially when young : virgin
2
a
b
: a woman or girl employed to do domestic work
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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
Recent Examples on the Web
There are also more than 100 permanent residents in the White House, including maids, cooks, a plumber, a florist and a head housekeeper, according to Business Insider.
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Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 July 2024
While still a young girl, Tubman was taken away from her mother and forced to work as a maid, a nanny, a trapper, and a field hand.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
In the late nineteenth century, women cooks, maids, and laundresses in County Mayo, Ireland, refused to provide services and labor to an absentee British landlord named Captain Charles Boycott.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
Tama secretly visited a Jesuit church on Easter Sunday and began exchanging messages with the priests through her maid Kiyohara Ito (christened Maria), discussing theological points and requesting books.
—Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
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Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 July 2024
While still a young girl, Tubman was taken away from her mother and forced to work as a maid, a nanny, a trapper, and a field hand.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
In the late nineteenth century, women cooks, maids, and laundresses in County Mayo, Ireland, refused to provide services and labor to an absentee British landlord named Captain Charles Boycott.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
Tama secretly visited a Jesuit church on Easter Sunday and began exchanging messages with the priests through her maid Kiyohara Ito (christened Maria), discussing theological points and requesting books.
—Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for maid
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“Maid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maid. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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maid
noun1
: an unmarried girl or woman
especially
: maiden entry 1
2
: a female servant
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