Thesaurus results for MAID

maid

noun

ˈmād

Definition of maid

as in housekeeper

a female domestic servant hired a maid to do the housework after the baby was born

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as in girl

a young unmarried woman a dance where the fair maids and handsome bucks of the village hoped to meet one another

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Recent Examples of maid The film, directed by May el-Toukhy, is set in Denmark in the aftermath of World War II, as a maid prepares to marry her former employer. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026 Jackson was particularly vocal in her criticism of the show’s shallow scripts, which featured plotlines about them going undercover as French maids, showgirls, lifeguards and, perhaps most infamously, prison inmates. — Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 Ella Beatty plays the daughter of a well-to-do New England family who develops a close relationship with her maid after abuse from her parents. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 Creative liberties include a romance between Borden and the family’s live-in maid, Bridget Sullivan (Vicky Krieps). — David Faris, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for maid

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If the housekeeper rejects the reduced award, the judge said, Brown will be entitled to a new trial limited to damages.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Patricia Avila alleged in her 2021 suit that she and Maria Avila were hired in November 2020 as housekeepers at Brown’s home in Tarzana.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

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Four people, including two teenage girls, were hurt when a Russian drone struck a residential area in northern Ukraine's Chernihiv region on Sunday evening, said Viacheslav Chaus, head of the regional military administration.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
But Paulina’s big plans are upended by the arrival at the school of Ericka (Jasmine Amy Rogers), a light-skinned Black girl from America with a Ghanaian father and a white mother back in Ohio.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2026

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There was a procession to the church of white clad handmaidens (tärnor), star boys (stjärngossar) and gingerbread men (pepparkaksgubbar) with candle wreaths on the maidens’ heads – now battery powered rather than actual flames.

— Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
This second tale unfolds in an isolated cabin in the 1950s, as a lonely man on death’s door, Tom (Nick Nolte), a father in wait for his estranged daughter, finds an unconscious maiden, Alice (Caylee Cowan), outside in the snow.

— Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

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