maid

noun

ˈmād 

1

old-fashioned + literary : an unmarried girl or woman especially when young : virgin

2

a

: maidservant

b

: a woman or girl employed to do domestic work

Synonyms of maid

• housekeeper

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

The series follows a woman named Emma over the course of more than six decades of her life, from the 1900s through the 1970s, working her way from impoverished maid to the world’s richest woman. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Many of the paintings include a portrait of a Pullman porter or a maid surrounded by splashes of color and fragments of archival documents — newspaper clippings, timesheets, employee records. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2026

The late Taylor Bradford’s book details the decades-long story of Emma Harte, a Yorkshire maid who becomes a business mogul. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 June 2026

Many of the paintings include a portrait of a Pullman porter or a maid surrounded by splashes of color and fragments of archival documents — newspaper clippings, timesheets, employee records. — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English maide, short for maiden

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing maid

• maid-in-waiting
• maid of honor
• meter maid
• old maid
• sea-maid

Rhymes for maid

• aid
• aide
• bade
• blade
• braid
• clade
• dade
• fade
• flayed
• fraid
• frayed
• gade

Kids Definition

maid

noun

ˈmād 

1

: an unmarried girl or woman

especially : maiden entry 1

2

: a female servant