1
old-fashioned + literary
: an unmarried girl or woman especially when young : virgin
2
a
b
: a woman or girl employed to do domestic work
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
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My poor mother had to work as a maid in the village.
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Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The short also starred Leonard Kibrick as Leonard and future Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel as a maid named Mandy.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
Her debut role was as a maid in 2010’s short film, Hotel Hell Vacation, which saw her dad reprise his role as Clark Griswold from National Lampoon’s Vacation.
—Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
In a scene based on a real incident that crystallized some of the public’s reaction to Bardot at the time, a cleaning lady lashes out at the star’s character in an elevator, angry over her promiscuity while the maid’s brother is fighting in the Algerian War.
—Lee Smith, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The short also starred Leonard Kibrick as Leonard and future Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel as a maid named Mandy.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
Her debut role was as a maid in 2010’s short film, Hotel Hell Vacation, which saw her dad reprise his role as Clark Griswold from National Lampoon’s Vacation.
—Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
In a scene based on a real incident that crystallized some of the public’s reaction to Bardot at the time, a cleaning lady lashes out at the star’s character in an elevator, angry over her promiscuity while the maid’s brother is fighting in the Algerian War.
—Lee Smith, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
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“Maid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maid. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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maid
noun1
: an unmarried girl or woman
especially
: maiden entry 1
2
: a female servant
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