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housemaid

noun

ˈhau̇s-ˌmād

Definition of housemaid

as in housekeeper

a female domestic servant became both nurse and housemaid to the elderly man

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Recent Examples of housemaid 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 Look no further than Krieps’s freethinking housemaid, Bridget. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026 Trying to escape her past, Millie (Sweeney) accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Sklenar). — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for housemaid

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Jenner was first sued by former members of her staff in April, when another former housekeeper, Angelica Hernandez Vasquez, alleged she was discriminated against.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2026
Her father was a saxophonist during the big-band era and her mother was a housekeeper.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of housekeeper

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Winnicott saw his own childhood as one held together by an entire assemblage of women, among them his biological mother, two sisters, a governess, a nanny, and a house full of maids.

— Jamie Hood, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026
As Sissy and Flo, a pair of maids who work for Jesse and who see everything, this cheeky, charismatic duo winds up being Wanted’s secret pair of stars.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026

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