chambermaid

noun

Definition of chambermaidnext
as in housekeeper

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Recent Examples of chambermaid Prior soon learned that a job agency had sent the teenager, who couldn’t read, to seek employment at the house as a chambermaid. — Jenna Deep, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025 According to a Physics Today article that delved into her background, her father was a plumber and her mother worked part time as a hotel chambermaid. — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Feb. 2025 It’s based on the true story of a Jewish child in 1850s Italy who was secretly baptized by a chambermaid and then abducted by the papal police and raised Catholic. — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024 Her follow-up project, The Hotel (1981), saw Calle assuming the role of chambermaid at a Venetian inn. — airmail.news, 26 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chambermaid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chambermaid
  1. housekeeper
  2. housemaid
  3. maid
  4. charwoman
  5. maidservant
  6. attendant
Noun
  • Born in Mexico to a left-wing Catalan family, Adela’s spiritual and intellectual formation came from her grandparents, while her emotional nourishment was the realm of the housekeeper/nanny Paula (Teresita Sánchez).
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The father put his daughter to bed and told his housekeeper he would be gone for a while.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of housekeeper
Noun
  • This is Danish-Egyptian filmmaker May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown, the tale of a housemaid on the precipice of marrying her wealthy, widowed employer.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
  • As a live-in housemaid for one of the town’s two Jewish families, Lautenschläger saw the lies behind Nazi propaganda.
    — Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of housemaid
Noun
  • Sullivan was an Irish immigrant who had been working as a maid for the Bordens for more than two years.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Communications via AP Hines stabbed Jenkins to death while the 54-year-old was working as a motel maid in Kingston Springs.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of maid
Noun
  • Young is well-known for her work with Habitat for Humanity, having been charwoman of the Meeker County chapter since 1995.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Unlike real strippers, the charwoman doffs only her cardigan.
    — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Nov. 2022
Definition of charwoman
Noun
  • The enterprising maidservant followed him into a shop.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Julia, who was already pregnant with her and Henry’s second child, is forced to work as a maidservant for the reprehensible Lord Lovat (Tony Curran), who happens to be the father of Brian.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Definition of maidservant
Noun
  • An attendant will set up the fire and chairs and provide s’mores ingredients, making for a cozy autumn evening.
    — Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Flight attendant Cheryl DeFonce, meanwhile, wrote on Instagram that she and a colleague had been scheduled to work and fly to Kona on Saturday, but their flights in both directions were canceled.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of attendant

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