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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Among specific jobs, roughly 574,700 people are employed as construction laborers, followed by 364,200 maids and housekeepers, and 335,200 cooks.
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Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
The superb Micaela Diamond cracks jokes as the family’s saucy maid, while Andy Grotelueschen plays a Garrison Keillor-esque announcer.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Two years after starring with Polly James as single roommates on the first season of the Liverpool-set The Liver Birds, Collins in 1971 was hired for ITV’s Upstairs, Downstairs to portray the maid Sarah, who at one point leaves Eaton Place to become a singer at a music hall, only to return.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Jessica Barden will play the actress Nance O’Neill, who was Lizzie’s friend, and Vicky Krieps will star the Borden family’s maid, Bridget Sullivan.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
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Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
The superb Micaela Diamond cracks jokes as the family’s saucy maid, while Andy Grotelueschen plays a Garrison Keillor-esque announcer.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Two years after starring with Polly James as single roommates on the first season of the Liverpool-set The Liver Birds, Collins in 1971 was hired for ITV’s Upstairs, Downstairs to portray the maid Sarah, who at one point leaves Eaton Place to become a singer at a music hall, only to return.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Jessica Barden will play the actress Nance O’Neill, who was Lizzie’s friend, and Vicky Krieps will star the Borden family’s maid, Bridget Sullivan.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
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 29 Nov. 2025.
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maid
noun1
: an unmarried girl or woman
especially
: maiden entry 1
2
: a female servant
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